Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मण उवाच विश्रान्तो5 भ्यर्चितश्षास्मि भवत्या शलक्ष्णया गिरा । द्रष्टमिच्छामि भवति देवं नागमनुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

brāhmaṇa uvāca | viśrānto 'bhyarcitaś cāsmi bhavatyā ślakṣṇayā girā | draṣṭum icchāmi bhavati devaṃ nāgam anuttamam ||

Translation

Брахман сказал: «О госпожа, твоими мягкими словами ты приветила и почтила меня, и моя усталость рассеялась. Теперь я желаю узреть того наивысшего божественного Нага».

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणः: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• विश्रान्तः: rested, relieved (of fatigue)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्यर्चितः: honoured, worshipped
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यर्चित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भवत्या: by you (lady)
• भवत्या: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• शलक्ष्णया: with gentle/pleasant
• शलक्ष्णया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शलक्ष्ण
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• गिरा: speech, words
• गिरा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• इच्छामि: I desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भवति: O lady
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नागम्: the Nāga (serpent deity)
• नागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa)
• भवती (a lady addressed respectfully)
• देव नाग (divine Nāga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Gentle, respectful speech and proper hospitality (satkāra) have real ethical power: they relieve another’s fatigue and create a dharmic setting in which higher aims—such as seeking divine darśana—can be pursued.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brāhmaṇa, having been welcomed and honored by a lady with pleasing words, states that he feels rested and then expresses his desire to see the supreme divine Nāga.