Shloka 112

Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman

Manu’s Instruction

Devanagari script

एष पाणिरपूर्व मे निक्षेपार्थ प्रसारित: । यन्मे धारयसे विप्र तदिदानीं प्रदीयताम्‌

Transliteration

eṣa pāṇir apūrvo me nikṣepārthaṁ prasāritaḥ | yan me dhārayase vipra tad idānīṁ pradīyatām ||

Translation

นี่คือมือของเรา ซึ่งไม่เคยยื่นออกเช่นนี้มาก่อน บัดนี้ยื่นออกเพื่อรับนิกษேป (ของฝาก/ทรัพย์ที่ฝากไว้) โอพราหมณ์ สิ่งใดที่ท่านถือไว้แทนเรา—ขอจงมอบให้เราเดี๋ยวนี้

Word by Word

एषःthis

पाणिःhand

अपूर्वःunprecedented, not previously (seen)

मेof me, my

निक्षेपार्थम्for depositing/placing (something), for return

प्रसारितःextended, stretched out

यत्what, that which

मेto me

धारयसेyou hold, you keep

विप्रO brahmin

तत्that

इदानीम्now

प्रदीयताम्let it be given (back)

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

ब्राह्मण (vipra)

प

पाणि (hand)

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?

The verse highlights ethical accountability in custodianship: when something is held for another, it should be returned promptly upon rightful request. It underscores trust, proper restitution, and the dharmic duty to give back what is due.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (identified as a brāhmaṇa in the dialogue) extends his hand to receive something that another brāhmaṇa has been keeping for him, formally requesting that it be handed over now.