Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ईप्सितं तु मृगेन्द्रस्य मांसं यत्‌ यत्र संस्कृतम्‌ । अपनीय स्वयं तद्।ि तैन्यस्तं तस्य वेश्मनि,एक दिन उन सेवकोंने शेरके खानेके लिये जो मांस तैयार करके रखा गया था, उसके स्थानसे हटाकर सियारके घरमें रख दिया

Transliteration

īpsitaṃ tu mṛgendrasya māṃsaṃ yat yatra saṃskṛtam | apanīya svayaṃ tad hi tainyastaṃ tasya veśmani ||

Translation

วันหนึ่งพวกคนรับใช้ได้ยกเอาเนื้อที่จัดเตรียมไว้ ณ ที่อันควรสำหรับสิงห์ผู้เป็นจ้าวแห่งสัตว์ป่า ออกไปจากที่นั้น แล้วนำไปวางไว้ด้วยตนเองในเรือนของสุนัขจิ้งจอก

Word by Word

ईप्सितम्desired, sought

तुbut, indeed

मृगेन्द्रस्यof the lord of beasts (lion)

मांसम्meat

यत्which

यत्रwhere

संस्कृतम्prepared, made ready

अपनीयhaving removed/taken away

स्वयम्themselves, personally

तत्that (meat)

न्यस्तम्placed, deposited

तस्यof him/of that (jackal)

वेश्मनिin the house/dwelling

Speaker

शार्टूल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śārṭūla (speaker)

mṛgendra (lion)

jackal (śṛgāla implied by context)

meat (māṃsa)

dwelling/house (veśman)

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?

The verse underscores the ethical fault in diverting what is rightfully intended for one party to another through deceit. It frames misappropriation as a breach of dharma that invites moral and practical consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Servants remove the prepared meat meant for the lion and place it in the jackal’s home instead. This act sets up a conflict driven by trickery and the wrongful transfer of another’s due.