Shloka 9

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 103: Garuḍa’s Protest, Viṣṇu’s Demonstration, and Counsel Toward Śama

Devanagari script

पौत्रस्यार्थे भवांस्तस्माद्‌ गुणकेशीं प्रतीच्छतु । सदृशीं प्रतिरूपस्य वासवस्य शचीमिव

Transliteration

pautrasyārthe bhavāṁs tasmād guṇakeśīṁ pratīcchatu | sadṛśīṁ pratirūpasya vāsavasya śacīm iva ||

Translation

نارد نے کہا—پس اپنے پوتے کی خاطر گُنکیشی کو قبول کیجیے۔ جس طرح واسَو (اِندر) کے شایانِ شان شچی ہے، اسی طرح آپ کے لائق اور خوش رو پوتے کے لیے گُنکیشی موزوں دلہن ہے۔

Word by Word

• पौत्रस्य: of/for the grandson
• पौत्रस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अर्थे: for the sake/purpose
• अर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that reason
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्)

• गुणकेशीम्: Guṇakeśī (the woman named; lit. 'she who has excellent hair')
• गुणकेशीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुणकेशी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतीच्छतु: let (him/you) accept/receive
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सदृशीम्: similar, suitable
• सदृशीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिरूपस्य: of the matching/appropriate one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिरूप
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वासवस्य: of Vāsava (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शचीम्: Śacī
• शचीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Guṇakeśī
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Śacī
• the grandson (pautra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A family elder should act for the welfare of descendants by accepting a suitable alliance; appropriateness (sadṛśatā) and merit are emphasized over hesitation, using the ideal divine pairing of Indra and Śacī as a standard of compatibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is advising an elder to consent to Guṇakeśī as a bride for his grandson, arguing that she is an apt match—just as Śacī is perfectly suited to Indra—thereby urging a decision aligned with familial responsibility and social propriety.