Shloka 12

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

Devanagari script

अश्चानां काड्क्षितार्थानां पडिमानि शतानि वै | शतद्वयेन कन्येयं भवता प्रतिगृह्मताम्‌

Transliteration

aśvānāṃ kāṅkṣitārthānāṃ ṣaḍimāni śatāni vai | śatadvayena kanyeyaṃ bhavatā pratigṛhyatām |

Translation

Nārada said: “Revered sir, here are the six hundred horses you desired, duly brought for your service. And in place of the remaining two hundred, please accept this maiden.”

Word by Word

• अश्वानाम्: of horses
• अश्वानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• काङ्क्षितार्थानाम्: of those having the desired purpose / as desired
• काङ्क्षितार्थानाम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काङ्क्षितार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• परिमाणि: measures; quantities; number
• परिमाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिमाण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• शतद्वयेन: with (in exchange for) two hundred
• शतद्वयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतद्वय
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कन्या: the maiden
• कन्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भवता: by you (sir)
• भवता: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रतिगृह्यताम्: let (her/it) be accepted; please accept
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिग्रह् (प्रति + ग्रह्)
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• horses
• maiden (kanyā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethics of fulfilling an agreed obligation through proper offering and respectful speech: what is desired is delivered, and a shortfall is compensated through an alternative accepted within the narrative’s social norms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada reports the delivery of six hundred requested horses and proposes that, in lieu of the remaining two hundred, the recipient should accept a maiden as compensation, indicating a negotiated settlement of a promised payment.