Shloka 29

Uttaṅka’s Petition for Madayantī’s Divine Earrings (Maṇikuṇḍala) — Agreement, Proof, and Vigilance

Devanagari script

अहल्योवाच सौदासपत्न्या विधृते दिव्ये ये मणिकुण्डले । ते समानय भद्ठं ते गुर्वर्थ: सुकृतो भवेत्‌

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Ahalyovāca—Saudāsa-patnyā vidhṛte divye ye maṇi-kuṇḍale, te samānaya; bhadraṁ te; gurv-arthaḥ sukṛto bhavet.

Translation

Ahalyā nói: “Con ạ, hãy mang về đây đôi khuyên tai thần diệu, nạm châu báu, mà hoàng hậu của vua Saudāsa đang đeo. Nguyện điều lành đến với con. Khi đem được chúng về, lễ vật tạ ơn thầy (guru-dakṣiṇā) của con sẽ được viên mãn.”

Word by Word

• अहल्या: Ahalyā
• अहल्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहल्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सौदास: of Saudāsa
• सौदास: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौदास
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पत्न्या: by/with the wife (queen)
• पत्न्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• विधृते: worn/held (on her) (loc. dual, agreeing with कुण्डले)
• विधृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-धृ
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Neuter, Locative, Dual

• दिव्ये: divine
• दिव्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Dual

• ये: which (two)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• मणि: gem
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), —

• कुण्डले: earrings
• कुण्डले: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• ते: those (two)
• ते: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• समानय: bring (here)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भद्रं: good fortune/welfare
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• गुरु: teacher
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), —

• अर्थः: purpose/fee (guru-fee)
• अर्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुकृतः: well-accomplished/fulfilled
• सुकृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-कृत
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: would be / may become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Ahalyā
• Saudāsa
• Saudāsa's wife (queen)
• maṇi-kuṇḍale (jewel earrings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical importance of completing one’s obligation to the teacher (guru-dakṣiṇā) with sincerity and precision, and it frames the act as a dharmic duty whose proper fulfillment brings auspiciousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ahalyā instructs someone (implicitly a student or seeker) to fetch the divine jewel earrings worn by King Saudāsa’s queen, stating that obtaining them will complete the required offering to the guru.