Shloka 4

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानम् — Maṇi-Kuṇḍala Retrieval and Entry into Nāgaloka

Chapter 57

Devanagari script

उत्तड़क उवाच राजन गुर्वर्थिनं विद्धि चरन्तं मामिहागतम्‌ । न च गुर्वर्थमुद्युक्त हिंस्पमाहुर्मनीषिण:,उत्तंक बोले--राजन्‌! आपको मालूम होना चाहिये कि मैं गुरुदक्षिणाके लिये घूमता- फिरता यहाँ आया हूँ। जो गुरुदक्षिणा जुटानेके लिये उद्योगशील हो, उसकी हिंसा नहीं करनी चाहिये, ऐसा मनीषी पुरुषोंका कथन है

Transliteration

Uttaṅka uvāca: rājan gurv-arthinaṃ viddhi carantaṃ mām ihāgatam | na ca gurv-artham udyuktaṃ hiṃsam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

ウッタンカは言った。「王よ、我を師の目的を成就せんと求める者と知れ。師への供養（グル・ダクシナー）を得るために遍歴するうち、ここへ来た。賢者たちは、師のために捧ぐべきものを集めんと真摯に励む者を害してはならぬ、と説く。」

Word by Word

• {'rājan': 'O king (vocative of rājan)', 'gurv-arthinam (guru-arthinam)': 'one seeking/acting for the teacher’s purpose

• one seeking guru’s due (esp. guru-dakṣiṇā)', 'viddhi': 'know (imperative of √vid)', 'carantam': 'wandering, moving about

• pursuing (present participle of √car)', 'mām': 'me', 'iha': 'here', 'āgatam': 'come, arrived (past participle of √gam with ā-)', 'na ca': 'and not

• moreover not', 'gurv-artham (guru-artham)': 'for the teacher’s purpose

• for the sake of the guru', 'udyuktam': 'one who is engaged/striving, intent upon (past participle of ud-√yuj)', 'hiṃsam': 'harm

• (to) injure/kill (accusative of hiṃsā / object of ‘āhuḥ’ in sense ‘(one) to be harmed’ negated)', 'āhuḥ': 'they say, they declare (3rd pl. perfect of √ah)', 'manīṣiṇaḥ': 'the wise, sages

Speaker

उत्तड़क उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttaṅka
• King (rājan)
• Guru (teacher)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person sincerely striving to fulfill a teacher’s claim—especially in the context of collecting guru-dakṣiṇā—deserves protection; harming such a duty-bound seeker is condemned by the wise.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttaṅka identifies himself to the king as a wandering seeker acting for his guru’s requirement and invokes a recognized ethical norm: that one engaged in securing the guru’s due should not be injured.