Shloka 10

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 60: Arjuna’s return, auspicious omens, and mission delegation

Devanagari script

यो य इच्छेत विप्रो वै यत्र यत्रात्मन: प्रियम्‌ । भगीरथस्तदा प्रीतस्तत्र तत्राददद्‌ वशी

Transliteration

yo ya icchet vipro vai yatra yatrātmanaḥ priyam | bhagīrathas tadā prītas tatra tatrādadad vaśī ||

Translation

Nārada said: “Whatever a brāhmaṇa might desire—wherever he wished for what was pleasing to his own heart—there and then the self-controlled Bhagīratha, delighted, would grant it.”

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

यःwho (whoever)

इच्छेत्would desire

विप्रःa brahmin

वैindeed

यत्रwhere

यत्रwherever

आत्मनःof himself / of one’s own

प्रियम्dear (thing), pleasing (object)

भगीरथःBhagīratha

तदाthen

प्रीतःpleased, satisfied

तत्रthere

तत्रin that very place / wherever (there)

आददत्gave, granted

वशीself-controlled, masterful

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Bhagīratha

vipra (brāhmaṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes