Shloka 23

Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तवचने तस्मिन्‌ राक्षसेन्द्रे महात्मनि । यथेष्टं तानि रत्नानि जग॒हुब्रह्मिणर्षभा:,उन महात्मा राक्षसराजके ऐसा कहनेपर उन ब्राह्मणोंने इच्छानुसार उन सब रत्नोंको ले लिया

Transliteration

ity uktavacane tasmin rākṣasendre mahātmani | yatheṣṭaṃ tāni ratnāni jagṛhur brāhmiṇarṣabhāḥ ||

Translation

ఆ మహాత్ముడైన రాక్షసేంద్రుడు అలా పలికినప్పుడు, వృషభసమానులైన బ్రాహ్మణులు తమ ఇష్టానుసారం ఆ రత్నాలను స్వీకరించారు.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तवचने: when (he) had spoken / in the one whose words were spoken
• उक्तवचने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्तवचन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राक्षसेन्द्रे: in the lord of the Rakshasas
• राक्षसेन्द्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महात्मनि: in the great-souled one
• महात्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यथा: as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• इष्टम्: desired, wished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• रत्नानि: gems, jewels
• रत्नानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• जगृहुः: they took
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• ब्राह्मण-ऋषभाः: the best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मण-ऋषभाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Rakshasa-king (Rākṣasendra)
• Brahmins (foremost Brahmins)
• Jewels/treasures (ratnāni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A gift becomes ethically acceptable when it is offered with clear, honorable intent and accepted without greed; consent and generosity purify the act of giving and receiving.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the Rakshasa-king speaks (granting or permitting), the foremost Brahmins take the jewels according to their wish, indicating a sanctioned transfer of treasure.