Shloka 111

Devanagari script

तस्य सत्याभिसंधस्य सक्तुदानेन चैव ह । शरीरार्थ च मे विप्रा: शातकुम्भमयं कृतम्‌,विप्रवरो! उन सत्यप्रतिज्ञ ब्राह्मणके सत्तूदानसे मेरा यह आधा शरीर भी सुवर्णमय हो गया

Transliteration

tasya satyābhisaṃdhasya saktudānena caiva ha | śarīrārthaṃ ca me viprāḥ śātakumbhamayaṃ kṛtam ||

Translation

โอ พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ด้วยพลังแห่งความตั้งมั่นในสัจจะของผู้นั้น และด้วยทานสัตตูที่เขามอบให้ แม้กายครึ่งหนึ่งของข้าพเจ้าก็กลับกลายเป็นทองคำบริสุทธิ์

Word by Word

तस्यof him/that

सत्याभिसंधस्यof (one) whose resolve is true / of true intention

सक्तुदानेनby the gift of parched flour (saktu)

चand

एवindeed/just

हindeed (particle)

शरीरार्थम्for the sake of (my) body

चand

मेmy/of me

विप्राःO brahmins

शातकुम्भमयम्made of gold

कृतम्made/turned (into)

Speaker

श्षशुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

śātakumbha (pure gold)

saktu (parched grain offering)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truthfulness upheld as a firm vow (satyābhisaṃdha) and even a humble act of charity (saktudāna) are portrayed as immensely potent, capable of ‘transmuting’ one’s condition—symbolized by the body becoming golden—indicating the exalted merit of integrity joined with generosity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker addresses brāhmaṇas and declares that due to a certain person’s steadfast commitment to truth and his offering of simple food (parched grain), the speaker’s body has become like pure gold—an illustrative statement highlighting the extraordinary spiritual efficacy of truthful resolve and sincere giving.