Shloka 35

ययातेर्वानप्रस्थतपःस्वर्गारोहणम् | Yayāti’s Vānaprastha Austerities and Ascent to Heaven

Devanagari script

इयं चापि कुमारी ते शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी । सम्पूज्या सततं राजन्‌ मा चैनां शयने ह्वये:

Transliteration

iyaṃ cāpi kumārī te śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī | sampūjyā satataṃ rājan mā caināṃ śayane hvayeḥ ||

Translation

Śukra disse: «Esta donzela, Śarmiṣṭhā, filha de Vṛṣaparvan, também te foi confiada. Ó rei, honra-a continuamente; mas não a chames jamais ao teu leito.»

Word by Word

• इयम्: this (woman)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• कुमारी: maiden, young girl
• कुमारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• शर्मिष्ठा: Sharmiṣṭhā (proper name)
• शर्मिष्ठा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मिष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वार्षपर्वणी: daughter of Vṛṣaparvan
• वार्षपर्वणी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वार्षपर्वणी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्पूज्या: to be honored, worthy of respect
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-पूज्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सततम्: always, constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम्

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

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• च: and (emphatic/connecting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एनाम्: her
• एनाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शयने: in/onto the bed
• शयने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ह्वयेः: you should call/invite
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे (आह्वे)
• Form: Present (imperative/prohibitive with मा), Second, Singular

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śukra
• Śarmiṣṭhā
• Vṛṣaparvan
• the king (addressed as rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Authority over someone placed in one’s care must be governed by dharma: offer continual respect and protection, and maintain strict sexual boundaries. The verse explicitly separates service/guardianship from entitlement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śukra addresses a king and formally entrusts Śarmiṣṭhā, identifying her as Vṛṣaparvan’s daughter. He commands that she be honored at all times, while issuing a clear prohibition against calling her to the king’s bed—setting a condition for her presence at court.