Shloka 101

Devanagari script

अलड्कार प्रदद्याच्च पाण्योर्वे भरतर्षभ । कर्णस्याभरणं दद्याद्‌ धनं चैव विशेषत:,भरतश्रेष्ठ! इसके सिवा कथावाचकके लिये दोनों हाथोंके कड़े, कानोंके कुण्डल और विशेषत: धन प्रदान करे

Transliteration

alaṅkārān pradadyāc ca pāṇyor vai bharatarṣabha | karṇasyābharaṇaṁ dadyād dhanaṁ caiva viśeṣataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O bull among the Bharatas, one should also bestow ornaments for the hands—bracelets or armlets. One should give an ear-ornament as well, and above all, give wealth.” The verse frames generosity toward a reciter/storyteller as a dharmic act: honoring sacred narration not only with praise but with tangible gifts, with special emphasis on monetary support.

Word by Word

अलङ्कारम्ornament

प्रदद्याच्चshould give (and)

पाण्योःon (both) hands

वेindeed / also (particle)

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

कर्णस्यof the ear

आभरणम्ornament (ear-ornament)

दद्याद्should give

धनम्wealth

चand

एवindeed / also

विशेषतःespecially

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bharatarṣabha (honorific addressee)

ornaments (alaṅkāra)

hand-bracelets/armlets (pāṇyoḥ alaṅkāra)

ear-ornament (karṇābharaṇa)

wealth (dhana)

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 teaches dharmic generosity: honoring sacred narration and its transmitter through appropriate gifts—ornaments and, most importantly, financial support—so that the act of recitation and teaching is sustained and respected.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues prescribing what should be given as gifts (dakṣiṇā) in the context of honoring a reciter/storyteller: hand-ornaments, an ear-ornament, and especially wealth.