Shloka 26

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

षष्ठे काले सदा विप्रो भुड्धक्ते तैः सह सुव्रत: । षष्ठे काले कदाचित्‌ तु तस्याहारो न विद्यते

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhe kāle sadā vipro bhṛtyabhakte taiḥ saha suvrataḥ | ṣaṣṭhe kāle kadācit tu tasyāhāro na vidyate ||

Translation

နကူလာက ပြောသည်– သတ်မှတ်ထားသော ဆဋ္ဌမအချိန်တွင်၊ သစ္စာကတိ၌ တည်ကြည်သော ထိုဗြာဟ္မဏသည် အစေခံတို့အတွက် ခွဲထားသော အစာကို သူတို့နှင့်အတူ ပုံမှန်စားသောက်လေ့ရှိသည်။ သို့သော် တစ်ကြိမ်တွင် ဆဋ္ဌမအချိန် ရောက်လာသော်လည်း သူ့အတွက် အစာတစ်စက်မျှ မရှိတော့ပေ။

Word by Word

• षष्ठे: on the sixth (day/time)
• षष्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• विप्रः: the brahmin
• विप्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भुङ्क्ते: eats/partakes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• तैः: with them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• सुव्रतः: of good vow/strictly observant
• सुव्रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• षष्ठे: on the sixth (day/time)
• षष्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कदाचित्: sometimes
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित्

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तस्य: of him/of that (brahmin)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• आहारः: food/meal
• आहारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• bhṛtya (servants)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined living and ethical endurance: a virtuous person keeps a vow and shares in the simplest fare with dependents, yet must also face moments of scarcity without abandoning righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula describes a brāhmaṇa who customarily eats at a fixed “sixth” time, taking the servants’ portion along with them; on one particular day, when that time comes, there is no food available for him.