Shloka 10

नारदकथितं माधव्याः तपश्चर्या–ययातेः स्वर्गविचारः | Nārada on Mādhavī’s Asceticism and the Scrutiny of Yayāti in Heaven

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्राय धर्मात्मन्‌ षड्भिरश्वशतै: सह । ततो5सि गतसम्मोहः कृतकृत्यो द्विजोत्तम,“गालव! इस प्रकार इस देशमें इन छ: सौ घोड़ोंके सिवा दूसरे घोड़े अप्राप्य हैं। अतः उन्हें कहीं भी पाना असम्भव है। मेरी राय यह है कि शेष दो सौ घोड़ोंके बदले यह कन्या ही विश्वामित्रजीको समर्पित कर दो। धर्मात्मन्‌! इन छ: सौ घोड़ोंके साथ विश्वामित्रजीकी सेवामें इस कन्याको ही दे दो। द्विजश्रेष्ठी ऐसा करनेसे तुम्हारी सारी घबराहट दूर हो जायगी और तुम सर्वथा कृतकृत्य हो जाओगे”

Transliteration

Viśvāmitrāya dharmātman ṣaḍbhir aśvaśataiḥ saha | tato 'si gata-sammohaḥ kṛta-kṛtyo dvijottama ||

Translation

“தர்மாத்மா, இந்த ஆறு நூறு குதிரைகளுடன் அவற்றை விஸ்வாமித்ரருக்கு அளி. அப்போது, ஓ பிராமணச் சிறந்தவனே, உன் மயக்கம் நீங்கி நீ கृतகृत்யனாவாய்.”

Word by Word

विश्वामित्रायto/for Viśvāmitra

धर्मात्मन्O righteous-souled one

षड्भिःwith six

अश्वशतैःwith hundreds of horses

सहtogether with

ततःthen/thereupon

असिyou are / you will be

गतसम्मोहःone whose delusion/confusion has gone

कृतकृत्यःone who has accomplished what was to be done

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born (Brahmin)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Viśvāmitra

Gālava

aśva (horses)

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?

The verse emphasizes dharma as the completion of one’s pledged duty: when a rightful obligation is met—here, by delivering the promised offering to Viśvāmitra—inner turmoil (sammoha) subsides and one becomes kṛta-kṛtya, ‘having done what must be done.’

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada advises Gālava, who is striving to fulfill a difficult demand connected with Viśvāmitra, to present the six hundred horses (as obtained) to Viśvāmitra; doing so will end Gālava’s anxiety and complete his undertaking.