Shloka 11

Devanagari script

वरं वृणीष्व राजेन्द्र दाता हास्मि तवानघ । ये हि मे पुरुषा भक्ता न तेषामस्ति दुर्गति:

Transliteration

varaṁ vṛṇīṣva rājendra dātā hāsmi tavānagha | ye hi me puruṣā bhaktā na teṣām asti durgatiḥ ||

Translation

Якша сказал: «О лучший из царей, о безгрешный, избери дар по своему желанию; я готов даровать его тебе. Ибо люди, преданные мне, никогда не падают в беду и не приходят к гибельному концу».

Word by Word

• वरम्: boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वृणीष्व: choose (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृणोति/वृणीते)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दाता: giver
• दाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ह: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

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

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

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

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मे: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुरुषाः: men/persons
• पुरुषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भक्ताः: devoted (devotees)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अस्ति: there is
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• दुर्गतिः: misfortune/bad end
• दुर्गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• Rājendra (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in the Yakṣa-prashna episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Devotion (bhakti) to a worthy divine power is presented as a safeguard against moral and existential downfall (durgati), and divine favor is framed as responsive to the devotee’s right choice (vara-vṛṇīṣva).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Yakṣa–Yudhiṣṭhira encounter, after testing the king through questions, the Yakṣa offers him a boon and assures him that those devoted to the Yakṣa do not meet a ruinous fate.