Shloka 41

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ता सापचत्‌ तानि ब्राह्मणप्रियकाम्यया । अधिभश्रित्य समिद्धे5ग्नौी बदराणि यशस्विनी,“तब महादेवजीने कहा--'सुव्रते! इन बेरोंको पका दो।” उनके इस प्रकार आदेश देनेपर यशस्विनी अरुन्धतीने ब्राह्मणका प्रिय करनेकी इच्छासे उन बेरोंको प्रज्वलित अग्निपर रखकर पकाना आरम्भ किया

Transliteration

ity uktā sā apacat tāni brāhmaṇa-priya-kāmyayā | adhibhṛśritya samiddhe 'gnau badarāṇi yaśasvinī ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Thus instructed, the illustrious lady, desiring to please the brāhmaṇa, set those jujube fruits upon the well-kindled fire and began to cook them. The episode underscores attentive service and reverence toward the worthy, where hospitality is performed as a dharmic act rather than mere domestic labor.

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्ताhaving been told/said to

साshe

अपचत्cooked

तानिthose (things)

ब्राह्मण-प्रिय-काम्ययाwith the desire to please the Brahmin

अधि-आश्रित्यhaving placed upon / having resorted to

समिद्धेin the kindled (state)

अग्नौin/on the fire

बदराणिjujubes/berries

यशस्विनीthe illustrious woman

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

brāhmaṇa

badara (jujube/ber fruits)

agni (fire)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic hospitality: sincere service performed with the intention of honoring and pleasing a worthy guest (here, a brāhmaṇa) is presented as a moral act rooted in respect and selfless duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being instructed, the renowned woman places the jujube fruits on a well-kindled fire and cooks them, motivated by the wish to please a brāhmaṇa—an act of attentive, reverential service.