Shloka 10

Devanagari script

स मत्स्यवचन श्रुत्वा कृपयाभिपरिप्लुत: । मनुर्वैवस्वतो<गृह्नात्‌ तं मत्स्यं पाणिना स्वयम्‌

Transliteration

sa matsyavacanaṃ śrutvā kṛpayābhipariplutaḥ | manur vaivasvato gṛhṇāt taṃ matsyaṃ pāṇinā svayam ||

Translation

ਮੱਛੀ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਵੈਵਸਵਤ ਮਨੂ ਦਇਆ ਨਾਲ ਭਰ ਆਇਆ। ਉਸ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਹੱਥ ਨਾਲ ਉਸ ਮੱਛੀ ਨੂੰ ਚੁੱਕ ਲਿਆ।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मत्स्यवचनम्: the fish's words/speech
• मत्स्यवचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्यवचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• कृपया: with compassion
• कृपया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिपरिप्लुतः: overwhelmed/filled (with compassion)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिपरिप्लुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैवस्वतः: son of Vivasvat (Vaivasvata)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैवस्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अगृह्णात्: took/held
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मत्स्यम्: fish
• मत्स्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पाणिना: with (his) hand
• पाणिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• स्वयम्: himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Markandeya
• Manu Vaivasvata
• the fish (Matsya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Compassion (kṛpā) is presented as a dharmic impulse: the righteous respond personally to a plea for protection, even when the petitioner seems small or insignificant.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing the fish speak, Manu is moved by pity and physically takes the fish into his care, initiating the well-known sequence in which the fish is protected and later reveals a larger purpose.