Shloka 14

Devanagari script

पूर्णान्यिवं शतान्यष्टौ तुरगाणां भवन्तु ते । भवतो हानृणो भूत्वा तप: कुर्या यथासुखम्‌,“इस प्रकार आपके आठ सौ घोड़ोंकी संख्या पूरी हो जाय और मैं आपसे उऋ्ण होकर सुखपूर्वक तपस्या करूँ, ऐसी कृपा कीजिये”

Transliteration

pūrṇāny evaṁ śatāny aṣṭau turagāṇāṁ bhavantu te | bhavato hānṛṇo bhūtvā tapaḥ kuryā yathāsukham ||

Translation

நாரதர் கூறினார்—“இவ்வாறு உமது குதிரைகளின் எண்ணிக்கை நிறைவடையட்டும்—மொத்தம் எட்டுநூறு. இந்த அருளை எனக்கு அளியுங்கள்; உமக்கு நான் கடனற்றவனாகி, அமைதியுடன் யதாசுகமாகத் தவம் செய்ய இயலட்டும்.”

Word by Word

पूर्णानिcomplete, fulfilled

इवas if, like

शतानिhundreds

अष्टौeight

तुरगाणाम्of horses

भवन्तुlet (them) be / may (they) become

तेto you

भवतःfrom you

ऋणःindebted

भूत्वाhaving become

तपःausterity, penance

कुर्याम्I may do / I should perform

यथाas, in such a way that

सुखम्comfort, ease

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

horses (turaga)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of obligation (ṛṇa) and the ideal of becoming anṛṇa—free from indebtedness—before pursuing higher spiritual aims. It frames generosity and reciprocity as supports for a life of tapas, suggesting that inner discipline is best undertaken with one’s social and moral accounts settled.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada requests a favor connected with completing a count of horses—eight hundred in total—so that the other party’s collection becomes whole. In return, Nārada wishes to be released from any sense of owing them and then continue his ascetic practices peacefully.