Shloka 14

Devanagari script

इयं ब्रह्मन्‌ मम सुता बाला सुखविवर्धिता । अपराध्येत यत्र किंचिन्न कार्य हृदि तत्‌ त्वया,और कहा--'ब्रह्मन! यह मेरी पुत्री पृथा अभी बालिका है और सुखमें पली हुई है। यदि आपका कोई अपराध कर बैठे, तो भी आप उसे मनमें नहीं लाइयेगा

Transliteration

iyaṁ brahman mama sutā bālā sukhavivardhitā | aparādhyeta yatra kiṁcin na kāryaṁ hṛdi tat tvayā |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Oh brahmán, esta es mi hija: aún es una niña, criada entre comodidades. Si en algún asunto llegara a cometer alguna falta, no lo tomes a pecho».

Word by Word

इयम्this (she)

ब्रह्मन्O brahmin

ममof me / my

सुताdaughter

बालाa young girl

सुख-विवर्धिताbrought up in comfort

अपराध्येतmight offend / might commit a fault

यत्रwhere / in whatever matter

किञ्चित्anything / in any way

नnot

कार्यम्to be done / (something) to be made

हृदिin (your) heart/mind

तत्that (offence/thing)

त्वयाby you

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

a Brahmin (addressed as brahman)

the daughter (sutā/bālā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches forbearance and compassionate judgment: when someone is young and inexperienced, one should not harbor resentment for minor mistakes, especially in a context governed by dharma and social propriety.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker introduces his young daughter to a Brahmin and requests that if she commits any inadvertent fault, he should not take offence or keep it in his heart—setting an ethical tone of patience and restraint.