Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तत्र सा ब्राह्म॒णं गत्वा पृथा शौचपरा सती । विधिवत्‌ परिचारह॑ देववत्‌ पर्यतोषयत्‌,बाहर-भीतरसे शुद्ध हो सती-साध्वी पृथा उन पूजनीय ब्राह्मणके पास जाकर देवताकी भाँति उनकी विधिवत्‌ आराधना करके उन्हें पूर्णरूपसे संतुष्ट रखने लगी

Transliteration

tatra sā brāhmaṇaṃ gatvā pṛthā śaucaparā satī | vidhivat paricāraṃ devavat paryatoṣayat ||

Translation

そこで、清浄を守る徳高き女プṛター（クンティー）は、尊ぶべき婆羅門のもとへ赴き、神に仕えるがごとく定めの作法に従って奉仕し、彼をすっかり満足させた。

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणम्: the brahmin
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• पृथा: Pritha (Kunti)
• पृथा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शौचपरा: devoted to purity/cleanliness
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शौच-पर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सती: virtuous, good
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्
• Form: शतृ (present participle, used adjectivally), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विधिवत्: according to rule, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• परिचार्य: having attended/served
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-चर्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• देववत्: like a god
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देववत्

• पर्यतोषयत्: she satisfied/pleased (him) completely
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-तुष्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pṛthā (Kuntī)
• Brāhmaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is practiced through disciplined conduct: maintaining śauca (inner and outer purity) and offering respectful, rule-guided service (vidhivat paricaryā) to the worthy—treating such service as sacred (devavat).

What is happening in the narrative?

Pṛthā goes to a revered brāhmaṇa and attends upon him properly, with purity and devotion, ensuring that he remains fully satisfied.