Shloka 1

Nṛga-upākhyāna: Brāhmaṇa-sva and the Consequence of Misappropriated Gift-Cattle (कृकलास-रूपे नृगोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

षट्षष्टितमो<5 ध्याय: जूता

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: dahyamānāya viprāya yaḥ prayacchaty upānahau | yat phalaṁ tasya bhavati tan me brūhi pitāmaha ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira thưa: “Bạch ông nội, xin nói cho con biết phúc đức nào thuộc về người đem giày dép bố thí cho một brāhmaṇa có bàn chân đang bỏng rát vì nắng nóng.”

Word by Word

• दह्यमानाय: to (one) being burnt/tormented
• दह्यमानाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह्यमान (√दह्)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• विप्राय: to a Brahmin
• विप्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रयच्छति: gives, bestows
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (प्र + यच्छति as present of √यम् used for 'to give')
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उपानहौ: a pair of sandals/shoes
• उपानहौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपानह्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Dual

• यत्: what, which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/for him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भवति: is, becomes, accrues
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Singular

• ब्रूहि: tell (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पितामह: O grandsire
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)
• vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• upānahau (footwear)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharmic giving is evaluated by compassionate appropriateness: relieving immediate hardship (here, scorching heat and injured feet) through a practical gift like footwear is treated as a significant act of merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s discourse on gifts and their fruits, Yudhiṣṭhira asks Bhīṣma to explain the spiritual/ethical result of providing sandals to a brāhmaṇa suffering from the heat.