Shloka 11

Dāna–Tapaḥ Praśaṃsā and Gṛhastha-Upadeśa

Maitreya

Devanagari script

कीट उवाच सुखात्‌ सुखतरं प्राप्तो भगवंस्त्वत्कृते हुहम्‌

Transliteration

kīṭa uvāca sukhāt sukhataram prāpto bhagavaṁs tvat-kṛte hūham

Translation

Con côn trùng thưa: “Bạch bậc tôn kính, nhờ Ngài mà tôi đã đạt được một niềm an lạc còn vượt hơn cả thứ an lạc thường tình.”

Word by Word

• कीटः: the worm/insect (Kīṭa)
• कीटः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular

• सुखात्: from happiness/comfort
• सुखात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• सुखतरम्: greater happiness; more pleasant (state)
• सुखतरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखतर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तः: having attained; having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (प्राप्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवन्: O Blessed one/Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वत्कृते: for your sake; due to you
• त्वत्कृते: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वत् + कृत
• Form: nimitta/hetu-avyaya (for your sake; because of you)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कीट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• kīṭa (the insect)
• bhagavan (the addressed venerable person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights gratitude and the ethical recognition of benefaction: even a small being acknowledges that another’s help can elevate one’s well-being beyond ordinary comfort, implying the dharmic value of compassion and responsible care for others.

What is happening in the narrative?

An insect speaks directly to a revered figure, crediting that person as the cause of its improved state and expressing that it has attained a greater happiness through the other’s intervention or kindness.