Shloka 22

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

अथवाभ्यर्थनामिन्द्रो न करिष्यति कामत:

Transliteration

athavābhyarthanām indro na kariṣyati kāmataḥ

Translation

Or else, Indra will not grant the requested boon merely out of personal whim. The statement underscores that even a powerful deity is not portrayed as acting capriciously; requests are weighed against propriety and the moral order rather than being fulfilled simply because someone desires them.

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा

• अभ्यर्थना: request, entreaty
• अभ्यर्थना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यर्थना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• करिष्यति: will do, will make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कामतः: at will; as desired; voluntarily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कामतस्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Indra