Shloka 10

नारदकथितं माधव्याः तपश्चर्या–ययातेः स्वर्गविचारः | Nārada on Mādhavī’s Asceticism and the Scrutiny of Yayāti in Heaven

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्राय धर्मात्मन्‌ षड्भिरश्वशतै: सह । ततो5सि गतसम्मोहः कृतकृत्यो द्विजोत्तम

Transliteration

Viśvāmitrāya dharmātman ṣaḍbhir aśvaśataiḥ saha | tato 'si gata-sammohaḥ kṛta-kṛtyo dvijottama ||

Translation

Nārada said: “O righteous one, together with these six hundred horses, offer (her) to Viśvāmitra. Then, O best of Brahmins, your confusion will be dispelled and you will have fulfilled your obligation.”

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्राय: to/for Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• धर्मात्मन्: O righteous-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• षड्भिः: with six
• षड्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अश्वशतैः: with hundreds of horses
• अश्वशतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वशत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• असि: you are / you will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गतसम्मोहः: one whose delusion/confusion has gone
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतसम्मोह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतकृत्यः: one who has accomplished what was to be done
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतकृत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विजोत्तम: O best of the twice-born (Brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Viśvāmitra
• Gālava
• aśva (horses)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharma as the completion of one’s pledged duty: when a rightful obligation is met—here, by delivering the promised offering to Viśvāmitra—inner turmoil (sammoha) subsides and one becomes kṛta-kṛtya, ‘having done what must be done.’

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada advises Gālava, who is striving to fulfill a difficult demand connected with Viśvāmitra, to present the six hundred horses (as obtained) to Viśvāmitra; doing so will end Gālava’s anxiety and complete his undertaking.