Shloka 11
Devanagari script
वरं वृणीष्व राजेन्द्र दाता हास्मि तवानघ । ये हि मे पुरुषा भक्ता न तेषामस्ति दुर्गति:
Transliteration
varaṁ vṛṇīṣva rājendra dātā hāsmi tavānagha | ye hi me puruṣā bhaktā na teṣām asti durgatiḥ ||
Translation
یَکش نے کہا—اے راجندر، اے بے گناہ، اپنی مرضی کا ور مانگو؛ میں دینے والا ہوں، تمہیں ضرور دوں گا۔ جو لوگ میرے بھکت ہیں، ان کی کبھی بد انجامی نہیں ہوتی۔
Word by Word
वरम्boon
वरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वृणीष्वchoose (you)
वृणीष्व:
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (वृणोति/वृणीते)
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada
राजेन्द्रO king of kings
राजेन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootराजेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
दाताgiver
दाता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदातृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हindeed
ह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, First, Singular
तवof you/your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
अनघO sinless one
अनघ:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनघ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
मेof me/my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
पुरुषाःmen/persons
पुरुषाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
भक्ताःdevoted (devotees)
भक्ताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootभक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
अस्तिthere is
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
दुर्गतिःmisfortune/bad end
दुर्गतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्गति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
यक्ष उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YakṣaR
Rājendra (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in the Yakṣa-prashna episode)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Devotion (bhakti) to a worthy divine power is presented as a safeguard against moral and existential downfall (durgati), and divine favor is framed as responsive to the devotee’s right choice (vara-vṛṇīṣva).
In the Yakṣa–Yudhiṣṭhira encounter, after testing the king through questions, the Yakṣa offers him a boon and assures him that those devoted to the Yakṣa do not meet a ruinous fate.