Shloka 25

नारदेन धृतराष्ट्रगतिवर्णनम् | Nārada’s Account of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Future Course

Devanagari script

किमिच्छसि महीपाल मत्तः प्राप्तुमभीष्सितम्‌ | द्रष्ट स्प्रष्टमथ श्रीतुं तत्कर्ताउस्मि तवानघ

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: kim icchasi mahīpāla mattaḥ prāptum abhīpsitam | draṣṭuṁ spraṣṭum atha śrotuṁ tat kartā asmi tavānagha ||

Translation

ဝိုင်သမ္ပာယနက ပြော၏ — «အို မဟာရာဇာ၊ သင်သည် ငါထံမှ မည်သည့် ဆုတောင်းအလိုရှိသနည်း။ မည်သူကို တွေ့မြင်လိုသနည်း၊ ထိတွေ့လိုသနည်း၊ သို့မဟုတ် ကြားနာလိုသနည်း။ အပြစ်ကင်းသောသူရေ၊ သင်လိုရာကို ငါ ပြည့်စုံအောင် ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးမည်»။

Word by Word

• किम्: what (thing)
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• इच्छसि: you desire
• इच्छसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: present, 2nd, singular, parasmaipada

• महीपाल: O king (protector of the earth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• मत्तः: from me
• मत्तः: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: ablative, singular

• प्राप्तुम्: to obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• अभीप्सितम्: desired, wished-for
• अभीप्सितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीप्सित
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• स्प्रष्टुम्: to touch
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश्
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• अथ: or/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कर्तुम्: to do, to accomplish
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• अस्मि: I am (ready)
• अस्मि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: present, 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• तव: of you/for you
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mahīpāla (a king, addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights compassionate responsiveness and ethical intent: a worthy request should be articulated clearly, and the giver (here, the narrator-sage) offers to fulfill it without coercion—framing aid as service to a blameless seeker rather than as a transaction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a king and invites him to state his wish. He offers to arrange an experience the king longs for—whether to see someone, touch someone, or hear someone—signaling an impending fulfillment of a heartfelt desire within the Ashramavāsika context.