Shloka 21

Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa

Devanagari script

यथाशक्ति प्रयच्छेत सम्पूज्याभिप्रणम्य च । काले प्राप्ते च हृष्टात्मा राजन्‌ विगतमत्सर:

Transliteration

yathāśakti prayacchet sampūjyābhipraṇamya ca | kāle prāpte ca hṛṣṭātmā rājan vigatamatsaraḥ ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ରାଜନ୍! ଯଥାସମୟରେ ଅତିଥି ଆସିଲେ, ମତ୍ସର ଓ କ୍ରୋଧ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରି ହୃଷ୍ଟଚିତ୍ତ ହୋଇ, ଯଥାଶକ୍ତି ଦାନ ଦିଅ; ବିଧିମତେ ପୂଜା କରି ପ୍ରଣାମ କର।

Word by Word

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शक्ति: ability/power
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रयच्छेत्: should give/bestow
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (यच्छति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सम्पूज्य: having duly honored/worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज्
• Form: Absolutive (Tumun-lyap, -ya), Active

• अभिप्रणम्य: having bowed down/saluted
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + प्र + नम्
• Form: Absolutive (Tumun-lyap, -ya), Active

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

• काले: at the proper time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्राप्ते: when (the time) has come/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• हृष्टात्मा: with delighted mind
• हृष्टात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट + आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• विगतमत्सरः: free from envy/jealousy
• विगतमत्सरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगत + मत्सर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches atithi-dharma: when a guest arrives, one should receive him with joy, without anger or envy, give within one’s means, honor him properly, and show humility through respectful obeisance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is instructing a king on righteous conduct, emphasizing the proper reception of guests as a key ethical duty—combining generosity (dāna), reverence (pūjā), and humility (praṇāma).