Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यावद्‌ धन प्रार्थयते ब्राह्मणो5यं सखा तव । देवानां शासनात्‌ तावदसंख्येयं ददाम्यहम्‌,तुम्हारा सखा यह ब्राह्मण जितना धन चाहता हो, देवताओंकी आज्ञासे मैं उतना ही अथवा असंख्य धन इसे दे रहा हूँ

Transliteration

yāvad dhanaṃ prārthayate brāhmaṇo 'yaṃ sakhā tava | devānāṃ śāsanāt tāvad asaṅkhyeyaṃ dadāmy aham ||

Translation

Maṇibhadra disse: “Enquanto este brāhmaṇa — teu amigo — continuar a pedir riquezas, por ordem dos deuses eu lhe darei tanto quanto pedir, até mesmo bens além de toda contagem.”

Word by Word

यावत्as much as / so long as

धनम्wealth

प्रार्थयतेasks for / requests

ब्राह्मणःthe Brahmin

अयम्this

सखाfriend

तवof you / your

देवानाम्of the gods

शासनात्from the command / by the order

तावत्that much / so much

असंख्येयम्countless

ददामिI give

अहम्I

Speaker

मणिभद्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Maṇibhadra

brāhmaṇa (the supplicant)

the gods (devāḥ)

the friend addressed (tava sakhā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Giving (dāna) is presented as a form of dharma carried out without calculation: when a worthy petitioner asks, the giver responds generously, seeing the act as aligned with (and even mandated by) a higher divine order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maṇibhadra addresses someone whose friend is a brāhmaṇa seeking wealth. He declares that, under the gods’ command, he will grant whatever is requested—indeed, even immeasurable wealth—emphasizing readiness to fulfill the supplicant’s need.