Shloka 11

Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)

Devanagari script

गाधे्दुहितरं प्राप्य पौत्रीं तव महातपा: । ब्राह्माणं क्षत्रधर्माणं पुत्रमुत्पादयिष्यति,तुम्हारी पौत्री एवं गाधिकी पुत्रीकों पाकर महातपस्वी ऋचीक क्षत्रियधर्मवाले ब्राह्मणजातीय पुत्रको उत्पन्न करेंगे (अपनी पत्नीकी प्रार्थनासे ऋचीक क्षत्रियत्वको अपने पुत्रसे हटाकर भावी पौत्रमें स्थापित कर देंगे)

Transliteration

Gādher duhitaraṁ prāpya pautrīṁ tava mahātapāḥ | brāhmaṇaṁ kṣatradharmāṇaṁ putram utpādayiṣyati ||

Translation

నీ పౌత్రిక, గాధి కుమార్తెను పొందిన మహాతపస్వి (ఋచీకుడు) జన్మతః బ్రాహ్మణుడైనను ధర్మస్వభావమున క్షత్రియసముడైన కుమారుని కనుగొనును.

Word by Word

गाधेःof Gādhi

दुहितरम्daughter

प्राप्यhaving obtained

पौत्रीम्granddaughter

तवof you/your

महातपाःthe great ascetic

ब्राह्माणम्a Brahmin

क्षत्रधर्माणम्having Kshatriya-dharma

पुत्रम्a son

उत्पादयिष्यतिwill beget/produce

Speaker

व्यववन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Gādhi

Gādhi’s daughter (Satyavatī)

Ṛ

Ṛcīka

the future son (Brahmin by birth, Kṣatriya in disposition)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the distinction and potential conflict between varṇa by birth (brāhmaṇa) and dharma/temperament by qualities (kṣatra-dharma), suggesting that ethical identity is not only inherited but can be shaped and redirected through intention, request, and the power of tapas.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker states that the ascetic Ṛcīka, after marrying Gādhi’s daughter (who is also the listener’s granddaughter), will beget a son who is Brahmin by birth yet Kṣatriya in disposition—foreshadowing a later shift of ‘kṣatriya-nature’ within the family line at the wife’s request.