Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यथा सत्येन मे धर्मो यथा सत्येन पावक: । प्रीतः शतक्रतुश्चैव तेन सत्येन खं ब्रज

Transliteration

yathā satyena me dharmo yathā satyena pāvakaḥ | prītaḥ śatakratuś caiva tena satyena khaṃ braja ||

Translation

Nārada said: “As my dharma stands upon truth, and as Fire itself is upheld by truth; as Śatakratu (Indra) too is pleased by truth—by that very truth, go to the sky—attain the heavenly realm.”

Word by Word

• यथा: just as / in the manner that
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सत्येन: by truth
• सत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• धर्मः: dharma / righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सत्येन: by truth
• सत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पावकः: fire (Agni)
• पावकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतक्रतुः: Indra (the 'hundred-rited' one)
• शतक्रतुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतक्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सत्येन: by (that) truth
• सत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• खम्: the sky / heaven
• खम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रज: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dharma
• Pāvaka (Agni/Fire)
• Śatakratu (Indra)
• Kha (sky/heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truth (satya) is presented as the sustaining force behind dharma and even the cosmic order symbolized by Agni and Indra; steadfast truthfulness becomes a moral power that grants spiritual merit and a blessed destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada pronounces a benediction grounded in the authority of truth: invoking truth as the basis of his own dharma and as that which pleases the gods, he directs the addressee to ‘go to the sky,’ i.e., to attain a heavenly state as the fruit of truth.