Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एकपत्न्या यदुक्तो5सि गच्छ त्वं मिथिलामिति । जानाम्येतदहं सर्व यदर्थ त्वमिहागत:,उस पतिव्रता देवीने जो आपसे यह कहकर भेजा है कि “तुम मिथिलापुरीको जाओ।!' वह सब मैं जानता हूँ। आप जिस उद्देश्यसे यहाँ पधारे हैं, वह भी मुझे मालूम है

Transliteration

ekapatnyā yad ukto 'si gaccha tvaṃ mithilām iti | jānāmy etad ahaṃ sarvaṃ yad-arthaṃ tvam ihāgataḥ ||

Translation

Охотник сказал: «Я знаю всё это. Я знаю, что целомудренная жена послала тебя со словами: “Ступай в Митхилу”. И я также знаю цель, ради которой ты пришёл сюда».

Word by Word

एकपत्न्याby the one-wived (lady)

यत्what/that which

उक्तःhaving been told

असिyou are

गच्छgo

त्वम्you

मिथिलाम्to Mithilā

इतिthus/so (quotative)

जानामिI know

एतत्this

अहम्I

सर्वम्all (of it)

यत्what/that which

अर्थम्purpose

त्वम्you

इहhere

आगतःhaving come

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (the hunter)

ekapatnī/pativratā (the chaste wife)

Mithilā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True understanding of dharma is not confined to social status or outward appearance; even a hunter can possess clear moral insight and speak authoritatively when grounded in righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter addresses the visiting brahmin and reveals that he already knows the message given by the devoted wife—directing him to go to Mithilā—and also understands the visitor’s underlying purpose in coming.