Shloka 83

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

Devanagari script

श्षपच उवाच सुहृद्‌ भूत्वानुशासे त्वां कृपा हि त्वयि मे द्विज । यदिदं श्रेय आधत्स्व मा लोभात्‌ पातकं कृथा:

Transliteration

śvapaca uvāca: suhṛd bhūtvānuśāse tvāṁ kṛpā hi tvayi me dvija | yad idaṁ śreya ādhatsva mā lobhāt pātakaṁ kṛthāḥ ||

Translation

श्वपच उवाच— सुहृद्भूत्वाऽनुशासे त्वां कृपा हि त्वयि मे द्विज । यदिदं श्रेय आधत्स्व मा लोभात् पातकं कृथा ॥

Word by Word

श्वपचःthe dog-cooker (outcaste)

उवाचsaid

सुहृत्a friend / well-wisher

भूत्वाhaving become

अनुशासेI instruct / advise

त्वाम्you

कृपाcompassion

हिindeed / for

त्वयिin/for you

मेmy / of me

द्विजO brahmin (twice-born)

यत्whatever / that which

इदम्this

श्रेयःthe better / welfare / good

आधत्स्वadopt / take up (for yourself)

माdo not

लोभात्from greed / out of greed

पातकम्sin

कृथाःdo / commit

Speaker

श्षपच उवाच

Characters & Entities

śvapaca (outcaste speaker)

dvija (brāhmaṇa addressee)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes