Shloka 31

स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः

Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification

Devanagari script

भो भो राजन महाप्राज्ञ प्रीतो5स्मि तव पुत्रक । मद्धकत्या सत्यवाक्यैश्नल क्षमया च दमेन च

Transliteration

bho bho rājan mahāprajña prīto ’smi tava putraka | madbhaktyā satyavākyaiś ca kṣamayā ca damena ca ||

Translation

ହେ ହେ ରାଜନ, ମହାପ୍ରାଜ୍ଞ! ହେ ମୋ ପୁତ୍ର! ମୋ ପ୍ରତି ତୁମ ଭକ୍ତି, ସତ୍ୟବଚନ, କ୍ଷମା ଓ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟଦମ ଦ୍ୱାରା ମୁଁ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ।

Word by Word

• भो: O! (vocative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो

• भो: O! (repeated address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महाप्राज्ञ: O very wise one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रीतः: pleased, satisfied
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रक: O son (dear boy)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• धर्मकथया: by discourse on dharma
• धर्मकथया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मकथा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सत्यवाक्यैः: by truthful words
• सत्यवाक्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• क्षमया: by forbearance, forgiveness
• क्षमया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षमा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• दमेन: by self-control
• दमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (king, addressed)
• putraka (son, addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse commends foundational dharmic virtues—devotion to the worthy, truthfulness in speech, forgiveness/forbearance, and restraint of the senses—as qualities that make a person truly admirable and spiritually fit.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker, Vaiśampāyana, addresses a king affectionately as “son” and expresses strong approval, explicitly listing the king’s virtues (devotion, truthful speech, patience, and self-control) as the reasons for his satisfaction.