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Shloka 22

नारदकथितं माधव्याः तपश्चर्या–ययातेः स्वर्गविचारः | Nārada on Mādhavī’s Asceticism and the Scrutiny of Yayāti in Heaven

जातो दानपति: पुत्रस्त्वया शूरस्तथापर: । सत्यधर्मरतक्षान्यो यज्वा चापि तथापर:

jāto dānapatiḥ putras tvayā śūras tathāparaḥ | satyadharmaratakṣānyo yajvā cāpi tathāparaḥ ||

ナーラダは言った。「汝より、施しを司る子が生まれ、また別の子は勇士として生まれた。さらに一人は真実とダルマに心を寄せ、もう一人はヤジュニャ(祭祀)を執り行う者でもある。」

जातःborn
जातः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootजात (√जन्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दानपतिःlord of gifts (a great giver)
दानपतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदानपति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
शूरःheroic, brave
शूरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशूर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाso, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अपरःanother (one)
अपरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सत्यधर्मरतःdevoted to truth and dharma
सत्यधर्मरतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्यधर्मरत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अन्यःanother (one)
अन्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्वाa sacrificer, one who performs sacrifices
यज्वा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्वन् (√यज्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
तथाlikewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अपरःanother (one)
अपरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada

Educational Q&A

The verse praises a lineage by highlighting distinct virtues embodied by different sons—generosity, heroism, commitment to truth and dharma, forbearance, and sacrificial piety—implying that ethical excellence can manifest in multiple complementary forms.

Nārada is addressing a person (unnamed in this single verse) and enumerating the qualities of that person’s sons, presenting them as exemplary figures marked by specific moral and religious virtues.