Shloka 21

दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच नेदानीमतिनिर्बन्धं शोके त्वं कर्तुमरहसि । यदाह भगवान्‌ व्यासस्तत्‌ कुरुष्व नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca: nedānīm atinirbandhaṃ śoke tvaṃ kartum arhasi | yad āha bhagavān vyāsas tat kuruṣva nṛpottama ||

Translation

ဝါယုဒေဝက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– «ယခုအခါ သင်သည် ဝမ်းနည်းခြင်းကို အလွန်အကျွံ ခေါင်းမာစွာ ဆုပ်ကိုင်မနေသင့်။ အို မင်းတို့အနက် အမြတ်ဆုံးသော မင်းကြီး၊ ဂုဏ်ထူးရှင် ဗျာသ မဟာဋ္ဌာနက ညွှန်ကြားသမျှကို လိုက်နာလော့»။

Word by Word

• {'nedānīm': 'not now

• at this time no longer', 'atinirbandham': 'excessive insistence

• obstinate fixation', 'śoke': 'in grief

• in sorrow', 'tvam': 'you', 'kartum': 'to do

• to make (here: to adopt/maintain)', 'arhasi': 'you ought

• you are fit/expected', 'yad': 'whatever

• that which', 'āha': 'said

• instructed', 'bhagavān': 'the revered one

• venerable sage (honorific)', 'vyāsaḥ': 'Vyāsa (Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana), the sage', 'tat': 'that', 'kuruṣva': 'do (imperative)

• carry it out', 'nṛpottama': 'O best of kings'}

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Vyāsa
• nṛpottama (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Do not remain stubbornly attached to sorrow; restrain grief and follow the guidance of a realized, authoritative teacher (here, Vyāsa).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses a grieving king and urges him to stop clinging to lamentation, directing him instead to act according to Vyāsa’s instruction.