Shloka 6

Devanagari script

न्यमन्त्रयत संतुष्टो द्विजश्नैनं वरैस्त्रिभि:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | nyamantrayata santuṣṭo dvijaś cainaṃ varais tribhiḥ | vipravara dattatreyas tasya parama-santuṣṭo bhūtvā trīn varān vṛṇīṣveti tam ājñāpayām āsa | tena varān vṛṇīṣveti prokte rājovāca—“bhagavan, yuddhe tu sahasra-bhujaḥ syām, gṛhe tu me dve eva bāhū bhavataḥ | raṇabhūmau sarve sainikā mama sahasra-bhujatvaṃ paśyantu | kaṭhora-vrata-pālaka gurudeva, ahaṃ sva-parākramena samastāṃ pṛthivīṃ jayeyam | evaṃ dharmeṇa pṛthivīṃ prāpya nirālasyas tasyāḥ pālanaṃ kuryām | dvijaśreṣṭha, etebhyo varatrayād api caturthaṃ varam ahaṃ tvatto yāce | anindya maharṣe, mayi kṛpārthaṃ tam api varam avasyaṃ prayaccha | ahaṃ tava śaraṇāgata-bhaktaḥ | yadi kadācit ahaṃ sanmārgaṃ parityajya asanmārgaṃ samāśraye, tadā satpuruṣā māṃ mārge sthāpayituṃ śikṣāṃ dadeyuḥ””

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ພຣາຫມັນນັ້ນພໍໃຈໃນຕົວເຂົາ ແລະເຊີນໃຫ້ເລືອກພອນ 3 ປະການ. ດັດຕາເຕຣຍ ຜູ້ເປັນພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ປະເສີດ ພໍໃຈຢ່າງຍິ່ງ ແລະອະນຸຍາດໃຫ້ຂໍ. ເມື່ອກະສັດຖືກບອກໃຫ້ເລືອກ ພຣະອົງຈຶ່ງທູນວ່າ: “ຂ້າແຕ່ພຣະອົງ, ໃນຍາມຮົບຂໍໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າມີແຂນພັນ, ແຕ່ໃນເຮືອນຂໍໃຫ້ມີພຽງສອງແຂນ. ໃນສະໜາມຮົບ ຂໍໃຫ້ທະຫານທັງປວງເຫັນແຂນພັນຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ. ໂອ ອາຈານຜູ້ຮັກສາວຣະຕະອັນເຂັ້ມງວດ, ດ້ວຍວິລະກຳຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ ຂໍໃຫ້ຊະນະແຜ່ນດິນທັງປວງ. ໄດ້ແຜ່ນດິນຕາມທຳແລ້ວ ຂໍໃຫ້ປົກຄອງດ້ວຍຄວາມພາກພຽນ ບໍ່ມີຄວາມເກີດຄວາມຂີ້ຄ້ານ. ໂອ ພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ປະເສີດທີ່ສຸດ, ນອກເໜືອຈາກພອນ 3 ປະການນີ້ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຂໍພອນທີ 4 ອີກ. ໂອ ມະຫາຣິສີຜູ້ບໍ່ດ່າງພ້ອງ, ດ້ວຍຄວາມເມດຕາ ຂໍຈົ່ງປະທານພອນນັ້ນດ້ວຍ. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເປັນຜູ້ພຶ່ງພາດ້ວຍຄວາມພັກດີ: ຖ້າເມື່ອໃດຂ້າພະເຈົ້າລະທິ້ງທາງຖືກ ແລະໄປຍຶດທາງຜິດ ຂໍໃຫ້ບຸລຸດຜູ້ດີສອນແນະ ແລະນຳຂ້າພະເຈົ້າກັບຄືນສູ່ທາງທີ່ຖືກ.”

Word by Word

• न्यमन्त्रयत्: invited/commanded (to ask)
• न्यमन्त्रयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संतुष्टः: satisfied
• संतुष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संतुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विजः: the Brahmin
• द्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वरैः: with boons
• वरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• त्रिभिः: by three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Dattatreya
• the king (unnamed in the given excerpt)
• brahmins (dvija/vipra)
• soldiers (sainikāḥ)
• earth/kingdom (pṛthivī)
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power and victory are sought only under the governance of dharma: the king asks not merely for martial might and sovereignty, but also for diligent, righteous rule and—most importantly—corrective guidance from the wise if he ever strays from the true path.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dattatreya, pleased with the king, allows him to ask for three boons. The king requests extraordinary battle power (a thousand arms visible in war), success in conquering the earth, and the ability to rule it energetically according to dharma; he then adds a fourth request—that noble people should admonish and guide him back if he ever turns away from the right path.