Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अहं महाकुले जाता हृदाद्ध्रदमिवागता । ईश्वरी सर्वकल्याणी भर्त्रां परमपूजिता,मैं उच्चकुलमें उत्पन्न हो हंसीकी भाँति एक सरोवरसे दूसरे सरोवरमें आयी और इस राज्यकी स्वामिनी, समस्त कल्याणमय साधनोंसे सम्पन्न तथा पतिदेवके परम आदरकी पात्र हुई

Transliteration

ahaṃ mahākule jātā hradād hradam ivāgatā | īśvarī sarvakalyāṇī bhartrāṃ paramapūjitā ||

Translation

నేను మహాకులంలో జన్మించాను. హంస ఒక సరస్సు నుంచి మరొక సరస్సుకు వెళ్లినట్లు నేనూ ఇక్కడికి వచ్చాను. నేను ఈ రాజ్యానికి అధిష్ఠాత్రిణి అయ్యాను—సర్వ మంగళసాధనాలతో సమృద్ధిగా—మరియు భర్తచే పరమ గౌరవానికి పాత్రమయ్యాను।

Word by Word

अहम्I

महाकुलेin a great/noble family

जाताborn

ह्रदात्from a lake

ह्रदम्to a lake

इवas/like

आगताhaving come

ईश्वरीmistress/sovereign lady

सर्वकल्याणीall-auspicious; endowed with every good

भर्तॄणाम्of husbands/lords

परमपूजिताhighly honored; supremely revered

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

a noble family (mahākula)

lake/pond (hrada)

kingdom/realm (implied by īśvarī)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds ideals of social and marital dharma: noble birth, rightful transition into a new household, and the ethical expectation of mutual honor—especially the wife’s recognized dignity and auspicious role within the royal order.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (marked ‘putra uvāca’ in the edition) voices a woman’s self-description: she recalls her noble origin, her coming into another domain like a swan moving between lakes, and her elevated status as sovereign lady—honored by her husband and endowed with auspicious qualities.