Shloka 35

Devanagari script

आप पवित्र कर्म करनेवाले और महान्‌ व्रतधारी हैं। मैंने अपराधको क्षमा करके आपको जानेकी आज्ञा दे दी। इसके सिवा, यदि दूसरी कामनाएँ आपके मनमें हों तो उन्हें बताइये, मैं आपकी आज्ञाका पालन करूँगा ।। व्यास उवाच संछन्‍्द्यमानो ब्रद्म॒र्षि: पार्थिवेन महात्मना । नान्‍्यं स वरयामास तस्माद्‌ दण्डादृते वरम्‌,व्यासजीने कहा--महामना राजा सुद्युम्नके बारंबार आग्रह करनेपर भी ब्रह्मर्षि लिखितने उस दण्डके सिवा दूसरा कोई वर नहीं माँगा

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | saṃchadyamāno brahmarṣiḥ pārthivena mahātmanā | nānyaṃ sa varayāmāsa tasmād daṇḍād ṛte varam ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: Though repeatedly pressed by the great-souled king, the brahmarṣi asked for no other boon—except that very punishment.

Word by Word

व्यासःVyasa

उवाचsaid

संचन्द्यमानःbeing repeatedly urged/pressed

ब्रह्मर्षिःBrahmarshi (a sage of Brahman)

पार्थिवेनby the king

महात्मनाby the great-souled (one)

नnot

अन्यम्another (boon/thing)

सःhe

वरयामासchose/asked (as a boon)

तस्मात्from that

दण्डात्from the punishment/penalty

ऋतेexcept/without

वरम्a boon

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

brahmarṣi (unnamed sage)

pārthiva (the king, unnamed in the Sanskrit line)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharma is protected not only by forgiveness but also by appropriate daṇḍa (punishment). A righteous person may refuse extra rewards and instead insist on a fitting consequence, so that moral responsibility and social order are maintained.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa narrates that a great king repeatedly urges a brahmarṣi to choose a boon, but the sage asks for nothing else—only that the previously mentioned punishment be carried out.