Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अयं वत्से महाभागो ब्राह्मणो वस्तुमिच्छति । मम गेहे मया चास्य तथेत्येवं प्रतिश्रुतम्‌,“वत्से! ये महाभाग ब्राह्मण मेरे घरमें निवास करना चाहते हैं। मैंने “तथास्तुट कहकर इन्हें अपने यहाँ ठहरानेकी प्रतिज्ञा कर ली है

Transliteration

ayaṃ vatse mahābhāgo brāhmaṇo vastum icchati | mama gehe mayā cāsya tathety evaṃ pratiśrutam ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「わが子よ、この幸いなるバラモンはここに住みたいと望んでいる。わたしはすでに自邸において『そのとおりに』と約し、彼を迎え入れると誓ったのだ。」

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वत्से: O dear (girl/child)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सा
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• महाभागः: very fortunate/noble
• महाभागः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वस्तुम्: to dwell/stay
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for infinitive)

• इच्छति: wants/desires
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular, First

• गेहे: in (my) house
• गेहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular, First

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him / to him (contextual)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तथा: so/thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• प्रतिश्रुतम्: promised/assured
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिश्रु
• Form: Past Passive Participle (Kta), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• brāhmaṇa (unnamed)
• house/home (geha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma through hospitality and truthfulness: once a promise is given—especially to a guest seeking shelter—it becomes an ethical obligation to honor it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana reports that a noble Brahmin wants to stay in the speaker’s home, and the speaker has already consented and formally promised to host him.