Shloka 13

Devanagari script

शतश: पुण्डरीका मे गोसवाश्चरिता: प्रभो । क्रतवो वाजपेयाश्व तेषां फलमवाप्लुहि,'प्रभो! मैंने सैकड़ों पुण्डरीक, गोसव तथा वाजपेय यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान किया है। आप उन सबका फल प्राप्त करें। मेरे पास कोई भी रत्न, धन अथवा अन्य सामग्री ऐसी नहीं है, जिसका मैंने यज्ञोंमें उपयोग न किया हो। इस सत्य कर्मके प्रभावसे आप स्वर्गलोकमें जाइये”

Transliteration

śataśaḥ puṇḍarīkā me gosavāś caritāḥ prabho | kratavo vājapeyāś ca teṣāṃ phalam avāpluhi ||

Translation

ನಾರದನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—“ಪ್ರಭು! ನಾನು ನೂರಾರು ಪುಂಡರೀಕ, ಗೋಸವ ವ್ರತಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ವಾಜಪೇಯ ಯಜ್ಞಗಳನ್ನು ನೆರವೇರಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ; ಅವೆಲ್ಲರ ಫಲವನ್ನು ನೀವು ಪಡೆಯಿರಿ. ಯಜ್ಞಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸದೆ ಉಳಿದ ರತ್ನವೂ ಧನವೂ ಬೇರೆ ಸಂಪತ್ತೂ ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಏನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಈ ಸತ್ಯಧರ್ಮದ ಪ್ರಭಾವದಿಂದ ನೀವು ಸ್ವರ್ಗಲೋಕವನ್ನು ಸೇರಿರಿ.”

Word by Word

शतशःby hundreds; in hundreds

पुण्डरीकाःPuṇḍarīka sacrifices (a kind of yajña)

मेof me; my

गोसवाःGosava sacrifices

चरिताःperformed; carried out

प्रभोO lord

क्रतवःsacrifices; rites

वाजपेयाःVājapeya sacrifices

चand

तेषाम्of those; of them

फलम्fruit; result

अवाप्नुहिobtain; attain

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Prabhu (addressed lord/master)

Puṇḍarīka (sacrifice/rite)

Gosava (rite/observance)

Vājapeya (sacrifice)

Svarga (heavenly world)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical power of satya (truthfulness) and dharmic action: ritual merit (yajña-phala) is grounded in sincere, righteous conduct and generous offering, and such integrity is portrayed as a cause for attaining svarga.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a revered ‘Lord’ and declares that he has performed many major sacrifices and used up his valuables in them; he then offers or dedicates the accumulated merit (phala) of those rites to the addressee, blessing him to reach heaven through the force of that truthful merit.