Shloka 34

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

युरभ्युवाच वरेण भगवन्‌ महां कृतं लोकपितामह । एष एव वरो मेडद्य यत्‌ प्रीतोडसि ममानघ

Transliteration

surabhī uvāca—bhagavan, niṣpāpa lokapitāmaha! mama vara-grahaṇasya kācid āvaśyakatā nāsti. mama tu sarvottamo vara eṣa eva yat adya tvaṁ mayi prasanno 'si, anagha.

Translation

Сурабхи сказала: «О благословенный Владыка, о безгрешный Питамаха миров! Мне нет нужды просить какой-либо дар. Для меня величайший дар — лишь этот один: что сегодня ты доволен мною, о безупречный».

Word by Word

• सुरभिः: Surabhi (the cow)
• सुरभिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरभि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वरेण: by/with a boon (as the topic/occasion of boon)
• वरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भगवन्: O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतम्: done; (a) deed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• लोकपितामह: O grandsire of the world (Brahmā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपितामह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एषः: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed; only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• वरः: boon
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Singular

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• यत्: that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• प्रीतः: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्री (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मम: of me; towards me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Surabhī
• Lokapitāmaha (Brahmā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse elevates inner grace over external rewards: the highest ‘boon’ is not a material grant but the approval and goodwill of a righteous/divine authority, gained through purity and humility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Surabhī addresses Lokapitāmaha (Brahmā). When offered a boon, she declines any specific request and declares that his present satisfaction with her is itself the supreme boon.