Shloka 10

The Story of Sukalā

Episode: Ugrasena and Padmāvatī’s Return to Vidarbha

Devanagari script

एवं प्रीतिकरौ जातौ परस्परमनुत्तमौ । स्नेहवंतौ द्विजश्रेष्ठ सुखसंप्रीतिदायकौ

Transliteration

evaṃ prītikarau jātau parasparamanuttamau | snehavaṃtau dvijaśreṣṭha sukhasaṃprītidāyakau

Translation

अशा रीतीने ते दोघे परस्परांस अनुपम, प्रीतीकारक झाले; हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ, स्नेहयुक्त होऊन ते सुख व गाढ समाधान देणारे ठरले।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• प्रीतिकरौ: causing delight
• प्रीतिकरौ: Karta/Predicative adjective (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थः ‘प्रीतिं करोति’ (Nominative dual masculine)

• जातौ: born/come to be
• जातौ: Karta/Predicative adjective (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; परस्परार्थक (mutually)

• अनुत्तमौ: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमौ: Karta/Predicative adjective (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; विशेषण (Nominative dual masculine)

• स्नेहवंतौ: affectionate
• स्नेहवंतौ: Karta/Predicative adjective (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नेहवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective)

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘द्विजानां श्रेष्ठः’ (Vocative singular)

• सुखसंप्रीतिदायकौ: giving happiness and deep affection
• सुखसंप्रीतिदायकौ: Karta/Predicative adjective (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + संप्रीति (प्रातिपदिक) + दायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ‘सुखं संप्रीतिं च ददाति’ (Nominative dual masculine)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (contextual address to a Brahmin interlocutor: “dvijaśreṣṭha”)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shringara

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: परस्परमनुत्तमौ = परस्परम् + अनुत्तमौ (अकार-सन्धि).

FAQs

What is the central message of this verse?

It praises a relationship (or pair) marked by mutual affection and excellence, emphasizing that true closeness expresses itself by giving joy, happiness, and deep contentment to one another.

Why does the verse use the address “dvijaśreṣṭha”?

“Dvijaśreṣṭha” means “best of the twice-born,” a respectful form of address typically directed to a learned Brahmin, indicating the narrator is speaking to a revered interlocutor within the dialogue.

What ethical lesson does this verse suggest?

The verse implies that the highest bonds are those grounded in affection and reciprocity—where each person actively becomes a source of wellbeing and inner satisfaction for the other.