Shloka 16

Devanagari script

यद्यत्र न रुचि: काचिदेहि गच्छाव मातले । त॑ नयिष्यामि देशं त्वां वरं यत्रोपलप्स्यसे

Transliteration

yadyatra na ruciḥ kācid ehi gacchāva mātale | taṃ nayīṣyāmi deśaṃ tvāṃ varaṃ yatro'palapsyase ||

Translation

Nārada said: “If you feel no liking for any place here, come, Mātali—let us go. I will lead you to a finer land, where you will find what you seek.”

Word by Word

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

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

• रुचिः: liking, desire
• रुचिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुचि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• काचित्: any (some)
• काचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: काचित् (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एहि: come
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (ए/इ-गत्यर्थक)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गच्छाव: let us two go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, First, Dual, Parasmaipada

• मातले: O Mātali
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: मातलि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तं: him / that (person)
• तं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नयिष्यामि: I will lead
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Simple Future, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• देशम्: to a place/country
• देशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• वरम्: better, excellent
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• उपलप्स्यसे: you will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-लभ्
• Form: Simple Future, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mātali

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A worthy guide responds to dissatisfaction not with coercion but with direction—helping the seeker move toward a more fitting place or condition where their aim can be fulfilled.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Mātali and, seeing that Mātali has no particular liking for the present option or location, proposes that they depart; Nārada promises to lead him to a better region where Mātali will obtain what he is looking for.