Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्राहं तत्‌ करिष्यामि यदर्थमिदमावृतम्‌ । फलमेतस्य तपस: कथयध्वं दिवौकस:,जिसके लिये इस तपस्याका फल ढका हुआ है, मैं उस लोकमें जाकर वह कर्म करूँगा। आपलोग मुझसे उसको बताइये

Transliteration

tatrāhaṃ tat kariṣyāmi yadartham idam āvṛtam | phalam etasya tapaḥ kathayadhvaṃ divaukasaḥ ||

Translation

ఏ కారణంతో ఈ తపస్సు ఫలం ఆవరించబడి ఉందో, నేను అక్కడికి వెళ్లి అదే కర్మను చేస్తాను. ఓ స్వర్గవాసులారా! ఈ తపస్సు ఫలం ఏమిటో నాకు చెప్పండి.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: simple future (luṭ), first, singular, parasmaipada

• यत्: which/what
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अर्थम्: purpose
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• आवृतम्: covered/hidden
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वृ (वृञ् आवरणे)
• Form: past passive participle (क्त), neuter, nominative, singular

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• एतस्य: of this
• एतस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• तपसः: of the austerity
• तपसः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• कथयध्वम्: tell (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (कथ् + णिच्)
• Form: imperative (loṭ), second, plural, ātmanepada

• दिवौकसः: O dwellers of heaven (gods)
• दिवौकसः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस्
• Form: masculine, vocative, plural

Speaker

मन्दपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mandapala
• Divaukasaḥ (heaven-dwellers/gods)
• Svarga (implied heavenly realm)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Austerity is not merely for prestige; its true value lies in purposeful action aligned with dharma. Mandapala insists on knowing the intended fruit of his tapas so he can act accordingly, highlighting ethical intentionality and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mandapala addresses the gods, declaring his readiness to perform the specific act for which the reward of his austerity has been withheld. He asks the heavenly beings to disclose what fruit his tapas is meant to yield, so he may go to that realm and fulfill the required task.