Shloka 21

सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्

The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin

Devanagari script

अहं ते दयितं पुत्र प्रेतराजवशं गतम्‌ | पुनर्दास्यामि तद्रूपं मा शुच: पृथिवीपते

Transliteration

ahaṁ te dayitaṁ putra preta-rāja-vaśaṁ gatam | punar dāsyāmi tad-rūpaṁ mā śucaḥ pṛthivī-pate ||

Translation

Parvata said: “O lord of the earth, your beloved child has fallen under the power of the Lord of the Dead. Yet I shall restore him to you again in that very same form. Do not grieve.”

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• दयितम्: beloved, dear
• दयितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दयित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रेतराज-वशम्: the control/power of the lord of the departed (Yama)
• प्रेतराज-वशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेतराजवश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गतम्: gone, having gone (fallen into)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• दास्यामि: I will give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्-रूपम्: that (same) form
• तत्-रूपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्रूप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: prohibitive particle

• शुचः: grieve
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, used with prohibitive मा

• पृथिवी-पते: O lord of the earth (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पर्वत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parvata
• the king (pṛthivī-pati)
• the king's son
• Preta-rāja (Yama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches restraint of grief and confidence in righteous aid: a king is urged not to succumb to sorrow, and the promise of restoration highlights hope, protection, and the ethical ideal of steadiness in adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parvata addresses a grieving ruler whose beloved son has come under Yama’s dominion, and he assures the king that he will bring the son back in the same form, telling him not to grieve.