Shloka 35

Uttanka’s Guru-Śuśrūṣā and the Commission to Retrieve the Maṇikuṇḍalas (उत्तङ्क-गुरुशुश्रूषा तथा मणिकुण्डल-आदेशः)

Devanagari script

तोयेप्सां तव दुर्धर्षा करिष्ये सफलामहम्‌ । येष्वह:सु च ते ब्रह्मन्‌ सलिलेप्सा भविष्यति

Transliteration

toyeps01 tava durdhar01 kariye saphal01m aham | yev ahassu ca te brahman salileps01 bhaviyati ||

Translation

ອຸຕຕັງກະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພຣາຫມັນ, ຂ້າຈະເຮັດໃຫ້ຄວາມປາຖະໜາເລື່ອງນ້ຳອັນຍາກຈະສຳເລັດຂອງເຈົ້າ ເກີດຜົນແທ້. ໃນວັນໃດທີ່ເຈົ້າໂຫຍຫານ້ຳ, ຄວາມໂຫຍນັ້ນຈະເກີດຂຶ້ນແກ່ເຈົ້າ ໃນທ່າມກາງນ້ຳເອງ».

Word by Word

तोय-ईप्साम्desire for water

तवof you/your

दुर्धर्षाhard to resist/irresistible

करिष्येI shall make

सफलाम्fruitful/successful

अहम्I

येषुin which

अहःसुon the days

चand

तेof you/your

ब्रह्मन्O Brahmin

सलिल-ईप्साdesire for water

भविष्यतिwill be/arise

Speaker

उत्तडुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Uttauka

a Brahmin (addressed as brahman)

water (toya/salila)

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 moral weight of speech and intention: a powerful utterance can turn a desire into a form of suffering, showing how actions (including verbal acts) can rebound as karmic consequence and ethical retribution.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttauka addresses a Brahmin and declares that he will make the Brahmin's desire for water 'successful' in a grimly ironic way: the Brahmin will feel thirst even while surrounded by water, turning the sought object into the setting of distress.