Shloka 4

Devanagari script

नहुष उवाच करवाणि प्रियं कि ते तन्‍मे ब्रूहि द्विजोत्तम । सर्व कर्तास्मि भगवन्‌ यद्यपि स्यात्‌ सुदुष्करम्‌

Transliteration

Nahuṣa uvāca: karavāṇi priyaṁ ki te tan me brūhi dvijottama | sarva-kartāsmi bhagavan yady api syāt suduṣkaram ||

Translation

Nahuṣa berkata: “Apakah khidmat yang menyenangkan dapat aku lakukan untukmu? Katakanlah kepadaku, wahai yang terbaik antara kaum dwija. Tuan yang mulia, aku sedia melakukan apa sahaja—walaupun ia amat sukar.”

Word by Word

नहुषःNahusha

उवाचsaid

करवाणिmay I do

प्रियम्what is pleasing / a favor

किम्what?

तेfor you / to you

तत्that

मेto me / for me

ब्रूहिtell (me)

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born (brahmin)

सर्वम्everything

कर्तास्मिI am (ready to be) the doer / I will do

भगवन्O venerable one / O lord

यदिif

अपिeven / also

स्यात्should be / were to be

सुदुष्करम्very difficult

Speaker

नहुष उवाच

Characters & Entities

न

नहुष (Nahuṣa)

द

द्विजोत्तम (a Brahmin addressed as 'best of the twice-born')

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 a dharmic attitude of humility and readiness to serve the worthy: one should ask what is truly beneficial to the respected teacher/elder and commit to it even when the duty is difficult.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nahuṣa addresses a revered Brahmin, asking what act would please him and declaring his willingness to carry out any instruction, even if it proves extremely hard.