Shloka 102

Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

वामादेशितमार्गेण मत्प्रसादान्महात्मना

Transliteration

vāmādeśita-mārgeṇa mat-prasādān mahātmanā

Translation

โดยเส้นทางที่ชี้จากด้านซ้าย และด้วยพระกรุณาของเรา มหาตมะผู้นั้น (จักดำเนินไป).

Word by Word

• वामादेशितमार्गेण: by the path indicated by Vāma
• वामादेशितमार्गेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामादेशितमार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my favor/grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

तामिन्द्र उवाच गच्छ नहुषस्त्वया वाच्योथ<पूर्वेण मामृषियुक्तेन यानेन त्वमधिरूढ

Characters & Entities

• Indra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right movement and success are portrayed as depending not merely on power but on proper guidance and divine favour; the verse underscores disciplined compliance with indicated direction and the ethical idea that authority is bounded by higher order (dharma and grace).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Indra–Nahusha context within Śānti Parva’s reflective material, Indra speaks about proceeding by a specifically indicated route, emphasizing that the outcome is enabled by his favour and by the agency of a ‘great-souled’ figure.