Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तोयेप्सां तव दुर्धर्षा करिष्ये सफलामहम्‌ । येष्वह:सु च ते ब्रह्मन्‌ सलिलेप्सा भविष्यति

Transliteration

toyeps01 tava durdhar01 kariye saphal01m aham | yev ahassu ca te brahman salileps01 bhaviyati ||

Translation

Uttaṅka nói: “Hỡi Bà-la-môn, ta sẽ khiến ước vọng về nước—vốn khó bề thỏa—của ngươi trở nên có quả. Vào chính những ngày ngươi khao khát nước, cơn khát ấy sẽ dấy lên nơi ngươi ngay giữa lòng nước.”

Word by Word

तोय-ईप्साम्desire for water

तवof you/your

दुर्धर्षाhard to resist/irresistible

करिष्येI shall make

सफलाम्fruitful/successful

अहम्I

येषुin which

अहःसुon the days

चand

तेof you/your

ब्रह्मन्O Brahmin

सलिल-ईप्साdesire for water

भविष्यतिwill be/arise

Speaker

उत्तडुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Uttauka

a Brahmin (addressed as brahman)

water (toya/salila)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral weight of speech and intention: a powerful utterance can turn a desire into a form of suffering, showing how actions (including verbal acts) can rebound as karmic consequence and ethical retribution.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttauka addresses a Brahmin and declares that he will make the Brahmin's desire for water 'successful' in a grimly ironic way: the Brahmin will feel thirst even while surrounded by water, turning the sought object into the setting of distress.