Shloka 12
नारदकथितं माधव्याः तपश्चर्या–ययातेः स्वर्गविचारः | Nārada on Mādhavī’s Asceticism and the Scrutiny of Yayāti in Heaven
अश्चानां काड्क्षितार्थानां पडिमानि शतानि वै | शतद्वयेन कन्येयं भवता प्रतिगृह्मताम्,आकर उन्होंने कहा--“गुरुदेव! आप जैसे चाहते थे, वैसे ही ये छः सौ घोड़े आपकी सेवामें प्रस्तुत हैं और शेष दो सौके बदले आप इस कन्याको ग्रहण करें
aśvānāṃ kāṅkṣitārthānāṃ ṣaḍimāni śatāni vai | śatadvayena kanyeyaṃ bhavatā pratigṛhyatām |
അവർ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഗുരുദേവാ, നിങ്ങൾ ആഗ്രഹിച്ചതുപോലെ ഈ ആറുനൂറ് കുതിരകൾ നിങ്ങളുടെ സേവയ്ക്കായി സമർപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. ശേഷിക്കുന്ന ഇരുനൂറിന് പകരം ഈ കന്യയെ സ്വീകരിക്കണമേ.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethics of fulfilling an agreed obligation through proper offering and respectful speech: what is desired is delivered, and a shortfall is compensated through an alternative accepted within the narrative’s social norms.
Narada reports the delivery of six hundred requested horses and proposes that, in lieu of the remaining two hundred, the recipient should accept a maiden as compensation, indicating a negotiated settlement of a promised payment.