Shloka 526

Devanagari script

पुत्रप्रदानाद्‌ वरदस्तस्मात्‌ सक्तून्‌ प्रयच्छ मे । आप पालन करनेके कारण मेरे पति, भरण-पोषण करनेसे भर्ता और पुत्र प्रदान करनेके कारण वरदाता हैं, इसलिये मेरे हिस्सेका सत्तू अतिथिदेवताको अर्पण कीजिये

Transliteration

nakula uvāca | putrapradānād varadas tasmāt saktūn prayaccha me |

Translation

నకులుడు అన్నాడు—పోషణ చేయుటవలన అతడు నా భర్త, భరణపోషణ చేయుటవలన భర్తా, పుత్రప్రదానం చేయుటవలన వరదాత; కాబట్టి నా వాటా సత్తువును నాకు ఇవ్వండి, అతిథిదేవతకు అర్పించుటకు.

Word by Word

• पुत्रप्रदानात्: from (the act of) giving a son
• पुत्रप्रदानात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-प्रदान
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• वरदः: giver of boons
• वरदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• सक्तून्: parched-grain flour (sattu)
• सक्तून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सक्तु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रयच्छ: give/bestow
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• putra (son)
• saktu (roasted barley flour)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma in household life: gratitude and obligation arise from concrete duties (protection, maintenance, and granting offspring), and resources/offerings should be distributed according to rightful shares and ethical propriety, especially in the context of honoring guests.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula speaks to claim that a portion of simple food (saktu) should be given to him as his due, grounding the request in the idea that the one who grants a son is a ‘varada’ (benefactor), thus justifying the allocation of the share for proper use—implicitly tied to righteous hospitality and household order.