Shloka 32

Devanagari script

प्रदातुमेष गच्छामि भार्गवस्यामृतं विभो । प्रत्याख्यातस्त्वहं तेन दास्यामि न कथंचन,“तब देवराज इन्द्र मुझे प्रसन्न करके बोले--'सर्वव्यापी महामते! यदि भृगुनन्दन महात्मा उत्तंकको अमृत अवश्य देना है तो मैं चाण्डालका रूप धारण करके उन्हें अमृत प्रदान करूँगा। यदि इस प्रकार आज भृगुवंशी उत्तंक अमृत लेना स्वीकार करेंगे तो मैं उन्हें वर देनेके लिये अभी जा रहा हूँ और यदि वे अस्वीकार कर देंगे तो मैं किसी तरह उन्हें अमृत नहीं दूँगा"

Transliteration

pradātum eṣa gacchāmi bhārgavasyāmṛtaṃ vibho | pratyākhyātas tv ahaṃ tena dāsyāmi na kathaṃcana ||

Translation

Uttaṅka said: “O mighty one, I am going now to offer this nectar to the Bhārgava. But if he rejects it, then I shall not give it to him in any way.”

Word by Word

प्रदातुम्to give

एषःthis (one)

गच्छामिI go

भार्गवस्यof/for Bhārgava

अमृतम्nectar, ambrosia

विभोO mighty one

प्रत्याख्यातःrejected, refused

तुbut

अहम्I

तेनby him/thereby

दास्यामिI will give

नnot

कथंचनin any way, at all

Speaker

उत्तडुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Uttaṅka

Bhārgava (Bhṛgu-lineage recipient; Uttaṅka as Bhṛgu-descendant)

Amṛta (nectar of immortality)

Vibhu (addressed mighty being; contextually Indra in the surrounding narrative)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even an exalted offering (amṛta) should not be imposed. A gift becomes meaningful only when freely accepted; refusal sets an ethical limit on the giver’s action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttaṅka declares he will go to give amṛta to the Bhārgava, but if the recipient rejects it, he will not give it at all—anticipating a test of acceptance/refusal that shapes the outcome.