Shloka 21
Devanagari script
तदुच्यतां महाप्राज्ञ कं काम॑ प्रददामि ते
Transliteration
tad ucyatāṃ mahāprājña kaṃ kāmaṃ pradadāmi te
Translation
「それでは告げよ、大いなる賢者よ。汝のいかなる願いを、我は叶えようか。」
Word by Word
तत्that (thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उच्यताम्let it be said / please say
उच्यताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormImperative, Passive, Third, Singular
महाप्राज्ञO very wise one
महाप्राज्ञ:
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootमहाप्राज्ञ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कम्whom?
कम्:
Karma
TypePronoun (interrogative)
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कामम्desire / wish
कामम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रददामिI give / I grant
प्रददामि:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormPresent, Parasmaipada, First, Singular
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormDative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds ethical giving: a boon or gift should be granted with discernment, but only after the recipient clearly articulates a worthy and well-considered request—highlighting responsibility on both giver and seeker.
Vaiśampāyana narrates a moment of dialogue in which a speaker addresses a ‘greatly wise’ person and invites them to state their wish, indicating an impending grant of a boon or fulfillment of a request within the Ashramavāsika Parva’s reflective, post-war setting.