Shloka 19

Devanagari script

आत्मानं च विशेषेण प्रशंसाम्यनपायिनी । यस्य मे त्वं विशालाक्षि भार्या गुणसमन्विता

Transliteration

ātmānaṃ ca viśeṣeṇa praśaṃsāmy anapāyinī | yasya me tvaṃ viśālākṣi bhāryā guṇasamanvitā ||

Translation

နာဂက ပြော၏—“မျက်လုံးကျယ်သော မိန်းမရေ၊ ငါသည် မိမိကိုယ်ကိုလည်းကောင်း၊ မပျက်မယွင်းသော ကံကောင်းခြင်းကိုလည်းကောင်း အထူးချီးမွမ်း၏။ အကြောင်းမူကား သင်ကဲ့သို့ ဂုဏ်သတ္တိပြည့်ဝ၍ အဖော်အဖြစ် မခွာမလွဲ တည်ကြည်သော ဇနီးကို ငါရရှိထားသောကြောင့်ပင်” ဟု။

Word by Word

• आत्मानम्: self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विशेषेण: especially; in particular
• विशेषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रशंसामि: I praise
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अनपायिनी: not departing; inseparable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनपायिन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• यस्य: of whom; whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मे: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• विशालाक्षि: O wide-eyed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल-अक्षि
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• भार्या: wife
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गुण-समन्विता: endowed with virtues
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण-समन्वित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विशाल-लोचने: O large-eyed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल-लोचन
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नाग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nāga (speaker)
• viśālākṣī (the addressed wife)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical appreciation within marriage: recognizing one’s good fortune in receiving a virtuous, steadfast spouse, and valuing guṇa (character and qualities) as the basis of praise rather than mere external gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Nāga addresses his wife affectionately as “large-eyed,” expressing personal pride and gratitude that he has a wife endowed with virtues and unwavering companionship.