Shloka 22
Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)
Devanagari script
अथवाभ्यर्थनामिन्द्रो न करिष्यति कामत:
Transliteration
athavābhyarthanām indro na kariṣyati kāmataḥ
Translation
หรือมิฉะนั้น อินทราจะไม่ประทานพรที่ขอ เพียงเพราะความพอใจส่วนตน
Word by Word
अथवाor else
अथवा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथवा
अभ्यर्थनाrequest, entreaty
अभ्यर्थना:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्यर्थना
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
करिष्यतिwill do, will make
करिष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
कामतःat will; as desired; voluntarily
कामतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकामतस्
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
I
IndraCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Power—human or divine—should not be exercised merely according to personal desire. Even Indra is framed as bound by a higher standard of propriety (dharma), so a request is not automatically fulfilled just because it is asked.
Vaiśampāyana remarks that a petition made to Indra will not necessarily be granted simply on the basis of wish; the line functions as a caution that outcomes depend on legitimacy and right order, not on arbitrary favor.