Shloka 72

Devanagari script

यदि जप्यफल दत्तं मया नैषिष्यसे नृप । धर्मेभ्य: सम्परि भ्रष्टो लोकाननुचरिष्यसि,नरेश्वर! यदि आप मेरे दिये हुए इस जपके फलको नहीं स्वीकार करेंगे तो धर्मश्रेष्ट होकर सम्पूर्ण लोकोंमें भटकते फिरेंगे

Transliteration

yadi japyaphalaṃ dattaṃ mayā naiṣiṣyase nṛpa | dharmebhyaḥ sampari bhraṣṭo lokān anucariṣyasi nareśvara ||

Translation

ข้าแต่นราธิป หากพระองค์ไม่ทรงรับผลแห่งชปะที่ข้าพเจ้าถวายนี้ พระองค์จักหลุดจากหนทางแห่งธรรม และพเนจรไปทั่วทุกโลกา โอ้เจ้าแห่งมนุษย์ทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• जप्यफलम्: the fruit of (this) japa
• जप्यफलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप्यफल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दत्तम्: given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एषिष्यसे: you will take/accept
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: लृट् (simple future), Ātmanepada, Second, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्मेभ्यः: from dharmas / from righteousness
• धर्मेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• सम्परिभ्रष्टः: having fallen away completely
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्परि-भ्रंश
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुचरिष्यसि: you will roam/follow after
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-चर्
• Form: लृट् (simple future), Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)
• नृप / नरेश्वर (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses that refusing a rightful, dharma-aligned offering—here, the transferred merit of japa—can itself be a lapse in dharma. Ethical life includes not only giving but also accepting what is properly given, so that the intended religious and moral transaction is fulfilled.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin addresses a king and urges him to accept the merit (fruit) of the Brahmin’s japa. The Brahmin warns that if the king refuses, he will be considered to have deviated from dharma and will suffer the consequence of wandering through various worlds.