Shloka 16

Jaratkāru’s Conditional Marriage Vow and Vāsuki’s Offer (जरत्कारु-विवाह-नियमः)

Devanagari script

पूजितस्तु नरेन्द्रेण द्विजो गौरमुखस्तदा । आचख्यौ च परिश्रान्तो राज्ञ: सर्वमशेषत:

Transliteration

pūjitas tu narendreṇa dvijo gauramukhas tadā | ācakhyau ca pariśrānto rājñaḥ sarvam aśeṣataḥ ||

Translation

అప్పుడు రాజు చేత విధివిధానంగా సత్కరింపబడిన ద్విజుడు గౌరముఖుడు, శ్రమచేత అలసిపోయినప్పటికీ, రాజునకు సమస్త విషయమును ఏదియు మిగల్చక వివరించెను.

Word by Word

पूजितःhonored, worshipped

तुbut/indeed

नरेन्द्रेणby the king (lord of men)

द्विजःthe Brahmin (twice-born)

गौरमुखःGauramukha (lit. ‘fair-faced’, proper name)

तदाthen

आचख्यौtold, related

चand

परिश्रान्तःexhausted, weary

राज्ञःto the king

सर्वम्everything

अशेषतःentirely, without remainder

Speaker

शमीक उवाच

Characters & Entities

श

शमीक (Śamīka)

न

नरेन्द्र (the king)

द

द्विज (brahmin)

ग

गौरमुख (Gauramukha)

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?

A righteous king honors learned and truthful speakers, and a brahmin-messenger or adviser should communicate the matter completely and accurately (aśeṣataḥ), without concealment—an ethic of respectful reception and faithful reporting.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being received with honor by the king, the brahmin named Gauramukha—tired from his efforts—relates the entire account to the king in full detail.