Shloka 105

Devanagari script

दशांशश्रैव होमो5पि कर्तव्यो5त्र नराधिप । इदं मया तवाग्रे च प्रोक्त सर्व नरर्षभ

Transliteration

daśāṁśaś caiva homo 'pi kartavyo 'tra narādhipa | idaṁ mayā tavāgre ca proktaṁ sarvaṁ nararṣabha ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను— ఓ నరాధిపా! ఈ విషయంలో ‘దశాంశ-హోమం’ కూడా చేయవలసిందే. ఓ నరశ్రేష్ఠా! చేయవలసినదంతా నేను నీ ముందే విస్తారంగా చెప్పితిని।

Word by Word

• दशांशः: the tithe (one-tenth share)
• दशांशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशांश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• होमः: homa, oblation-rite
• होमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कर्तव्यः: to be done; obligatory
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्तव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अग्रे: in front (of you); before you
• अग्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• प्रोक्तम्: said/declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नरर्षभ: O bull among men (best of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that sacred listening/recitation should be completed with a concrete act of ritual giving—here, a daśāṁśa-homa—so that devotion and learning are sealed by disciplined action and offering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana concludes a set of instructions to the king, stating that a tenth-part fire-offering is also required in this context, and affirms that he has fully explained the prescribed observances.