Shloka 16

Strī-satkāra (On honoring women) — Mahābhārata 13.46

Devanagari script

रक्षिता च त्वया पुत्र मम चापि निवेदिता । अहं ते प्रीतिमांस्तात स्वस्थ: स्वर्ग गमिष्यसि

Transliteration

rakṣitā ca tvayā putra mama cāpi niveditā | ahaṃ te prītimāṃs tāta svasthaḥ svarga gamiṣyasi ||

Translation

విపులుడు అన్నాడు— “పుత్రా! నీవు ఆమెను కాపాడి, యథావిధిగా నాకు తిరిగి అప్పగించావు. తాతా, నేను నీపై అత్యంత ప్రసన్నుడను. క్షేమంగా బయలుదేరు; నీవు స్వర్గాన్ని పొందుతావు.”

Word by Word

• रक्षिता: protector/guardian
• रक्षिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षितृ (रक्ष् धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• पुत्र: O son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• निवेदिता: has been entrusted/committed (to you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवेदित (नि+विद्/वेद् धातु, क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• प्रीतिमान्: pleased/satisfied
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तात: dear one / O child
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्वस्थः: safe/at ease
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गमिष्यसि: you will go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular

Speaker

विपुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vipula
• putra (son/addressee)
• svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Protecting another—especially one entrusted to one’s care—and returning them safely is a dharmic act that earns gratitude and spiritual merit; such righteous conduct is praised as leading to auspicious destiny (svarga).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vipula addresses a younger person as ‘son,’ acknowledging that a woman (implied by the feminine ‘rakṣitā’) has been safeguarded and returned to him. He expresses heartfelt approval and blesses the addressee with peace and the promise of attaining heaven.