Shloka 11

धन-निरुक्ति तथा गालवस्य गुरुदक्षिणा-प्रसङ्गः

Etymology of Wealth and the Gurudakṣiṇā Predicament of Gālava

Devanagari script

तदेवं बहुमानात्‌ ते मयेहानीप्सितं कृतम्‌ सुकृतं दुष्कृतं वा त्वं माहात्म्यात्‌ क्षन्तुमहसि,“आपके प्रति विशेष आदरका भाव होनेसे ही मैंने इस स्थानपर ऐसा चिन्तन किया है, जो सम्भवत: आपको अभीष्ट नहीं रहा है। मेरे द्वारा यह पुण्य हुआ हो या पाप, अपने ही माहात्म्यसे आप मेरे इस अपराधको क्षमा कर दें”

Transliteration

tad evaṁ bahumānāt te mayehānīpsitaṁ kṛtam | sukṛtaṁ duṣkṛtaṁ vā tvaṁ māhātmyāt kṣantum arhasi ||

Translation

तदेवं बहुमानात् ते मयेहानीप्सितं कृतम् । सुकृतं दुष्कृतं वा त्वं माहात्म्यात् क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥

Word by Word

तत्that

एवम्thus

बहुमानात्from respect / out of high regard

तेto you

मयाby me

इहhere

अनीप्सितम्not desired / unwished

कृतम्done

सुकृतम्a good deed / merit

दुष्कृतम्a bad deed / sin

वाor

त्वम्you

माहात्म्यात्from (your) greatness / by virtue of greatness

क्षन्तुम्to forgive

अर्हसिyou ought / you are fit

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even well-intended actions, done out of respect, can be unwelcome; therefore one should accept responsibility and seek forgiveness, appealing not to one’s own justification but to the other’s magnanimity (māhātmya).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses the listener with deference, acknowledging that his intervention or reflection may have been displeasing. He frames the act as potentially either merit or fault and requests pardon based on the hearer’s greatness of character.