Shloka 48

और्वोपाख्यानम्

Aurva Episode: Restoration of Sight and Restraint of World-Destructive Anger

Devanagari script

गन्धर्वजानामश्चानामहं पुरुषसत्तम | भ्रातृभ्यस्तव तुभ्यं च पृथग्दाता शतं शतम्‌,पुरुषशिरोमणे! मैं आपको और आपके भाइयोंको अलग-अलग गन्धर्वलोकके सौ-सौ घोड़े भेंट करता हूँ

Transliteration

gandharva uvāca | gandharvajānām aśvānām ahaṃ puruṣasattama | bhrātṛbhyaḥ tava tubhyaṃ ca pṛthag dātā śataṃ śatam, puruṣaśiromaṇe ||

Translation

ଗନ୍ଧର୍ବ କହିଲା—ହେ ପୁରୁଷସତ୍ତମ! ତୁମକୁ ଓ ତୁମ ଭ୍ରାତୃମାନଙ୍କୁ ପୃଥକ୍ ପୃଥକ୍ ଗନ୍ଧର୍ବଜାତ ଅଶ୍ୱ—ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକଙ୍କୁ ଶତ ଶତ—ମୁଁ ଦାନ କରୁଛି, ହେ ନରଶିରୋମଣି!

Word by Word

• गन्धर्वजानाम्: of the Gandharva-born (horses)
• गन्धर्वजानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्वज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अश्वानाम्: of horses
• अश्वानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषसत्तम: O best of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भ्रातृभ्यः: to (your) brothers
• भ्रातृभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

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

• पृथक्: separately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• दाता: giver (I give)
• दाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शतम्: a hundred (each)
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषशिरोमणे: O crest-jewel among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषशिरोमणि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gandharva (speaker)
• Horses (aśvāḥ) of Gandharva origin
• The addressed hero (puruṣasattama)
• The hero's brothers (bhrātaraḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reciprocity and honor: a worthy person is praised and supported through appropriate gifts, and generosity functions as a social-ethical bond that affirms alliance and respect.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Gandharva addresses a heroic figure and promises a substantial gift—Gandharva-bred horses—granting one hundred each to him and to each of his brothers, marking esteem and strengthening ties.