Shloka 3

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानम् — Maṇi-Kuṇḍala Retrieval and Entry into Nāgaloka

Chapter 57

Devanagari script

दिष्ट्या त्वमसि कल्याण षछे काले ममान्तिकम्‌ | भक्ष्यं मृगयमाणस्य सम्प्राप्तो द्विजसत्तम

Transliteration

dṛṣṭyā tvam asi kalyāṇa ṣaṣṭhe kāle mamāntikam | bhakṣyaṁ mṛgayamāṇasya samprāpto dvijasattama ||

Translation

“ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಸ್ವರೂಪನಾದ ದ್ವಿಜಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ! ಭಾಗ್ಯವಶಾತ್ ದಿನದ ಆರನೆಯ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀನೇ ಸ್ವತಃ ನನ್ನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಬಂದಿರುವೆ. ನಾನು ಈ ವೇಳೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಹಾರವನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ.”

Word by Word

• दिष्ट्या: by good fortune; fortunately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Avyaya (instrumental-usage adverbial)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Gender: (any); Case: Nominative; Number: Singular

• असि: are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Tense/Mood: Present Indicative; Person: 2; Number: Singular

• कल्याण: O auspicious one / O good sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याण
• Form: Gender: Neuter; Case: Vocative; Number: Singular

• षष्ठे: in the sixth
• षष्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ
• Form: Gender: Masculine/Neuter; Case: Locative; Number: Singular

• काले: at the time (part of the day)
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Locative; Number: Singular

• मम: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Gender: (any); Case: Genitive; Number: Singular

• अन्तिकम्: near; to the vicinity
• अन्तिकम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक
• Form: Gender: Neuter; Case: Accusative; Number: Singular

• भक्ष्यम्: food; something to eat
• भक्ष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य
• Form: Gender: Neuter; Case: Accusative; Number: Singular

• मृगयमाणस्य: of (me) who am seeking/hunting
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृगयमाण
• Form: Kridanta: Present active participle (शतृ); Gender: Masculine; Case: Genitive; Number: Singular

• सम्प्राप्तः: arrived; reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप्
• Form: Kridanta: Past passive participle; Gender: Masculine; Case: Nominative; Number: Singular

• द्विजसत्तम: O best of the twice-born (brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Vocative; Number: Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• dvija-sattama (a foremost Brahmin, unnamed in this verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharmic attentiveness to auspicious timing and the ethical norm of receiving a Brahmin guest respectfully; even while occupied with basic needs (seeking food), one recognizes fortune and obligation in a worthy visitor’s arrival.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports a speaker addressing a foremost Brahmin who has come to him unexpectedly at a particular division of the day, noting that he himself was at that moment searching for food.