Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अनेन तपसा वेदि सर्व परचिकीर्षितम्‌ । सत्यमेतन्निबोधध्वं प्रियते सत्यवानिति

Transliteration

anena tapasā vedi sarva-paracikīrṣitam | satyam etan nibodhadhvaṃ priyate satyavān iti ||

Translation

ഗൗതമൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഈ തപസ്സിന്റെ ബലത്തിൽ ചെയ്യുവാൻ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചതിന്റെ മുഴുവൻ അർത്ഥവും ഞാൻ അറിയുന്നു. ഇതിനെ സത്യമായി ഗ്രഹിക്കുവിൻ—സത്യത്തിൽ നിഷ്ഠനായവനെയാണ് ‘സത്യവാൻ’ എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നത്; അവൻ പ്രിയനുമാണ്।

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वेदि: knows
• वेदि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परचिकीर्षितम्: what is intended/planned (to be done)
• परचिकीर्षितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कृ (चिकीर्ष)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, तुमुन्-अर्थे इच्छार्थक (desiderative base) + क्त (past passive participle sense as 'intended')

• सत्यम्: truth / true (it is true)
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• निबोधध्वम्: understand (you all)
• निबोधध्वम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + बुध्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Plural, Atmanepada

• प्रियते: is pleased / delights
• प्रियते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• सत्यवान्: Satyavān (proper name)
• सत्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus / so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Speaker

गौतम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Satyavān

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Austerity (tapas) can yield clear discernment, but its ethical culmination is the affirmation of satya (truth): a person’s worth and dearness are grounded in steadfast truthfulness, encapsulated in the name ‘Satyavān’—one who possesses and upholds truth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Gautama speaks as an authoritative seer, stating that through his ascetic power he has understood the full underlying intention of the matter at hand, and he instructs the listeners to accept as true his declaration connecting Satyavān’s identity and esteem with his commitment to truth.