Shloka 11

Tīrtha-yātrā: Prayāga-saṅgama and Gayaśiras—Rājarṣi Gaya’s Mahāyajña

Devanagari script

त्वया सह महीपाल द्रष्टमिच्छामहे वयम्‌ । यदि ते ब्राह्मणेष्वस्ति काचित्‌ प्रीतिर्जनाधिप

Transliteration

tvayā saha mahīpāla draṣṭum icchāmahe vayam | yadi te brāhmaṇeṣv asti kācit prītir janādhipa ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「王よ、われらは汝とともにそれを見たい。もし汝が婆羅門たちに対して少しでも敬意を抱くなら、人々の主よ、この願いをお許しください。」

Word by Word

• त्वया: with you / by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Tritiya, Eka

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• महीपाल: O king (protector of the earth)
• महीपाल: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल
• Form: Pum, Sambodhana, Eka

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• इच्छामहे: we desire
• इच्छामहे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: Lat (Present), Uttama, Bahu, Atmanepada

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Prathama, Bahu

• यदि: if
• यदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• ते: your
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Shashthi, Eka

• ब्राह्मणेषु: towards/among Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Pum, Saptami, Bahu

• अस्ति: is / exists
• अस्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Lat (Present), Prathama, Eka, Parasmaipada

• काचित्: some (any)
• काचित्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किम्
• Form: Stri, Prathama, Eka

• प्रीतिः: affection / favor
• प्रीतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Stri, Prathama, Eka

• जनाधिप: O ruler of people
• जनाधिप: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Pum, Sambodhana, Eka

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mahīpāla (a king)
• brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s dharma includes honoring and protecting the brāhmaṇas and responding to their reasonable requests; ethical persuasion here appeals to the king’s sense of duty and goodwill toward the learned.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker conveys that a group wishes to see something in the king’s company and urges him to comply by invoking his professed respect and affection for the brāhmaṇas.