Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अध्वक्लान्तस्य शयनं स्थानक्लान्तस्थ चासनम्‌ | तृषितस्य च पानीयं क्षुधार्तस्थ च भोजनम्‌

Transliteration

adhvaklāntasya śayanaṁ sthānaklāntasya cāsanam | tṛṣitasya ca pānīyaṁ kṣudhārtasya ca bhojanam ||

Translation

ဗြာဟ္မဏက ပြောသည်— «လမ်းခရီးကြောင့် ပင်ပန်းနွမ်းနယ်သော ခရီးသွားအတွက် အိပ်ရာက သက်သာမှု ပေးသကဲ့သို့၊ ရပ်နေရင်း ခြေထောက်နာသောသူအတွက် ထိုင်ခုံက သက်သာစေသကဲ့သို့၊ ရေက ရေငတ်သူကို ပြည့်ဝစေသကဲ့သို့၊ အစာက ဆာလောင်ဒဏ်ခံရသူကို ပျော်ရွှင်စေသကဲ့သို့—သင်၏စကားကို ကြားနာရသဖြင့် ကျွန်ုပ်၏နှလုံးသားလည်း ထိုမျှပင် ပျော်ရွှင်သက်သာလာသည်»။

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'adhva', 'definition': 'road, journey'}, {'term': 'klānta', 'definition': 'weary, fatigued'}, {'term': 'adhvaklāntasya', 'definition': 'of one fatigued by travel (genitive singular)'}, {'term': 'śayana', 'definition': 'lying down, bed, resting-place'}, {'term': 'sthāna', 'definition': 'standing

• a place/position'}, {'term': 'sthānaklāntasya', 'definition': 'of one fatigued by standing'}, {'term': 'āsana', 'definition': 'seat, sitting-place'}, {'term': 'tṛṣita', 'definition': 'thirsty'}, {'term': 'pānīya', 'definition': 'drinkable water

• a drink'}, {'term': 'kṣudhā', 'definition': 'hunger'}, {'term': 'ārtā', 'definition': 'distressed, afflicted'}, {'term': 'kṣudhārtasya', 'definition': 'of one afflicted by hunger'}, {'term': 'bhojana', 'definition': 'food

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (a brāhmaṇa speaker)
• शयन (bed/rest)
• आसन (seat)
• पानीय (water)
• भोजन (food)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the power of timely support and kind, fitting words: just as basic necessities (rest, a seat, water, food) relieve specific forms of suffering, so wise speech can bring immediate inner comfort and joy.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa responds appreciatively to what has been said to him, using vivid comparisons to express how deeply satisfied and comforted he feels upon hearing the other person’s words.