Shloka 17

Sudeva Identifies Damayantī in Cedi (सुदेवेन दमयन्ती-परिचयः)

Devanagari script

सामान्यमेतद्‌ द्रविणं न मिथ्यावचनं मम,तीसरा कहता था--'भाई! इस धनपर सबका समान अधिकार है, मेरी यह बात झूठी नहीं है”

Transliteration

sāmānyam etad draviṇaṁ na mithyāvacanaṁ mama |

Translation

“ఈ ధనం అందరికీ సామాన్యమైనది; నా మాట అసత్యం కాదు.”

Word by Word

• सामान्यम्: common, shared
• सामान्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सामान्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्रविणम्: wealth, property
• द्रविणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मिथ्या: falsely, untrue
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या

• वचनम्: speech, statement
• वचनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

बृहदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• wealth (draviṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wealth should be regarded with a sense of shared entitlement and responsibility, and one must speak truthfully when asserting claims about property; ethical ownership is tied to honesty and fairness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhadaśva, in the course of his narration, quotes or states a principle about wealth being common and insists that his assertion is not false, framing the situation in terms of rightful sharing and truthful speech.