Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

अद्येह स्वर्णमभ्येतु यच्चान्यद्‌ वसु किंचन

Transliteration

adyeha svarṇam abhyetu yac cānyad vasu kiñcana

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Let gold come here today, and whatever other wealth there may be as well.” The line conveys an immediate summons for material resources—typically in the context of arranging a rite or fulfilling an obligation—underscoring that wealth is being treated as an instrument for a timely duty rather than as an end in itself.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• स्वर्णम्: gold
• स्वर्णम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अभ्येतु: let (it) come/approach
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (एति)
• Form: Lot (Imperative), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• अन्यत्: other (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वसु: wealth/treasure
• वसु: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• किंचन: any (at all)/some
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• gold (svarṇa)
• wealth/treasure (vasu)