Shloka 8

Devanagari script

साहमेतद्‌ विजानन्ती तोषयिष्ये द्विजोत्तमम्‌ । न मत्कृते व्यथां राजन प्राप्स्यसि द्विजसत्तमात्‌,मैं इस बातको जानती हूँ। अतः इन श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्यणको सब तरहसे संतुष्ट रखूँगी। राजन! मेरे कारण इन द्विजश्रेष्ठठे आपको कोई कष्ट नहीं प्राप्त होगा

Transliteration

sāham etad vijānantī toṣayiṣye dvijottamam | na matkṛte vyathāṃ rājan prāpsyasi dvijasattamāt ||

Translation

「このことをよく知っている。ゆえに、あの最勝のバラモンをあらゆる方法で満足させよう。王よ、私のために、あの優れたバラモンからあなたが苦しみを受けることは決してない。」

Word by Word

साshe (I, the woman speaker)

अहम्I

एतत्this (matter)

विजानन्तीknowing, understanding

तोषयिष्येI will satisfy/please

द्विजोत्तमम्the best of the twice-born (brahmin)

नnot

मत्कृतेfor my sake / because of me

व्यथाम्pain, distress

राजन्O king

प्राप्स्यसिyou will obtain/meet with

द्विजसत्तमात्from the best of the twice-born (brahmin)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana (narrator/speaker label)

rājan (the King, addressed)

dvijottama/dvijasattama (a foremost Brahmin)

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?

The verse emphasizes personal accountability and dharmic conduct: one should ensure that respected guests—especially Brahmins in the epic’s social-ethical framework—are properly satisfied, and one should not allow one’s own situation to become the cause of harm or offense to others.

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman, speaking to a king, assures him that she understands the situation and will take responsibility for pleasing a foremost Brahmin, promising that the king will not suffer any trouble from that Brahmin on her account.