Shloka 3

Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

लब्धवानीप्सितान्‌ कामानहं वै पाण्डुनन्दन | तथा त्वमपि शर्वाद्धि सर्वान्‌ कामानवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

labdhavān īpsitān kāmān ahaṃ vai pāṇḍunandana | tathā tvam api śarvād dhi sarvān kāmān avāpsyasi ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «Ô fils de Pāṇḍu, j’ai véritablement obtenu les désirs que j’appelais de mes vœux. De même, toi aussi tu obtiendras de Śarva (Śiva) l’accomplissement de toutes tes aspirations, car il accorde la réalisation.»

Word by Word

• लब्धवान्: I have obtained
• लब्धवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु) / लब्ध (कृदन्त)
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), 1, Singular

• आइप्सितान्: desired
• आइप्सितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (कृदन्त; √आप्/ईप्स् 'to desire')
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कामान्: wishes, desires
• कामान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

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

• पाण्डुनन्दन: O son of Pāṇḍu
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वम्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• शर्वात्: from Śarva (Śiva)
• शर्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्व
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कामान्: wishes, desires
• कामान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 2, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍunandana (a Pāṇḍava)
• Śarva (Śiva/Śaṅkara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadfast devotion and proper recitation/observance connected with Śiva is presented as efficacious: the speaker assures that sincere practice leads to the fulfillment of legitimate aims, emphasizing faith and divine grace.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a Pāṇḍava, testifying from personal experience that he attained his desired ends, and he encourages the listener that, likewise, Śiva (Śarva) will grant the listener complete fulfillment of wishes.