Shloka 3

Devanagari script

दानानां च विधिं श्रुत्वा च्छिन्नर्मार्थसंशय: । यदन्यदकरोद्‌ विप्र तन्मे शंसितुमरहसि

Transliteration

dānānāṃ ca vidhiṃ śrutvā chinnārthasaṃśayaḥ | yad anyad akarod vipra tan me śaṃsitum arhasi ||

Translation

ชนเมชัยตรัสว่า “เมื่อได้ฟังระเบียบและวิธีแห่งทานแล้ว ความสงสัยในความหมายก็ถูกตัดสิ้นไป โอ้พราหมณ์ ท่านจงเล่าแก่ข้าว่า เขายังได้กระทำสิ่งใดอีก—ท่านเหมาะสมที่จะบอกแก่ข้า”

Word by Word

दानानाम्of gifts/charities

चand

विधिम्the rule/procedure

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

छिन्नःcut off/removed

अर्थसंशयःdoubt about the meaning/purport

यत्whatever/that which

अन्यत्other (anything else)

अकरोत्did/made

विप्रO Brahmin

तत्that

मेto me/for me

शंसितुम्to tell/declare

अरहसिyou are able/you ought

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

Vipra (the brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That charity (dāna) is governed by vidhi—proper rules and intention—and that understanding these principles removes confusion about its true purpose; one should then seek further exemplary conduct to complete the ethical picture.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Janamejaya tells the brāhmaṇa narrator that his doubts have been resolved after hearing the procedure of giving, and he requests the next part of the account—what further actions were performed by the person under discussion.