Shloka 4

Devanagari script

उक्तानुक्ते कृते कार्ये मामामन्त्र्य द्विजर्षभ | मया प्रत्यभ्यनुज्ञातस्ततो यास्यसि सुव्रत

Transliteration

uktānukte kṛte kārye mām āmantrya dvijarṣabha | mayā pratyabhyanujñātas tato yāsyasi suvrata ||

Translation

Наг сказал: «Скажешь ты о нём или нет, о лучший из брахманов, соблюдающий превосходные обеты: когда дело, которое надлежит совершить, будет завершено, ты прежде обратись ко мне и испроси моего дозволения. Лишь получив моё согласие, ты сможешь уйти к себе домой».

Word by Word

• उक्तानुक्ते: in (the matter of) said and unsaid
• उक्तानुक्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्त + अनुक्त
• Form: neuter, locative, dual

• कृते: when done / upon being done
• कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (√कृ)
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• कार्ये: in the task / in the matter to be done
• कार्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• आमन्त्र्य: having asked / having taken leave (by addressing)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आमन्त्र्य (आ-√मन्त्र्)
• Form: absolutive (gerund)

• द्विजर्षभ: O bull among the twice-born (best Brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + ऋषभ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, instrumental, singular

• प्रत्यभ्यनुज्ञातः: having been duly permitted/approved
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-अभि-अनु-√ज्ञा (अनुज्ञात)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• यास्यसि: you will go
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 2, singular

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows / good conduct
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + व्रत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

नाग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nāga (serpent-being, speaker)
• Dvijarṣabha (addressed Brahmin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even after one’s work is completed, proper conduct requires seeking the concerned authority’s or host’s explicit permission before departing. The verse emphasizes discipline (vrata), humility, and respect for relational obligations as part of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Nāga addresses a Brahmin, instructing him that once the intended task has been accomplished, he should formally approach the Nāga and obtain leave; only then should he return home.