Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तथेति ब्राह्मणेनोक्ते स राजा प्रीतमानस: । हंसचन्द्रांशुसंकाशं गृहमस्मै न्‍न्यवेदयत्‌,ब्राह्मणने “तथास्तु/ कहकर राजाका अनुरोध मान लिया। इससे उनके मनमें बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई। उन्होंने ब्राह्मणको रहनेके लिये हंस और चन्द्रमाकी किरणोंके समान एक उज्ज्वल भवन दे दिया

Transliteration

tatheti brāhmaṇenokte sa rājā prītamānasaḥ | haṃsacandrāṃśusaṃkāśaṃ gṛham asmai nivedayat ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。婆羅門が「そのとおりに」と答えると、王の心は歓喜に満ちた。喜びのあまり、王は婆羅門の住まいとして、白鳥のごとく、また月光のごとく輝く住居を授けた。

Word by Word

तथाthus

इतिso; thus (quotative)

ब्राह्मणेनby the brahmin

उक्तेwhen (it was) said; upon being said

सःhe

राजाthe king

प्रीतमानसःwith a delighted mind

हंसswan

चन्द्रmoon

अंशुray

संकाशम्resembling; like

गृहम्a house

अस्मैto him

न्यवेदयत्he assigned/provided (made over)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

brāhmaṇa

king (rājā)

dwelling/house (gṛha)

swan (haṃsa)

moonbeams (candrāṃśu)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should uphold dharma through respectful hospitality and generous support of a worthy guest—especially a brāhmaṇa—responding to consent not with mere words but with tangible care and honor.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the brāhmaṇa agrees (“tathā”), the king becomes delighted and provides him a splendid, radiant residence, described as shining like a swan and like moonlight.