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Shloka 26

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

षष्ठे काले सदा विप्रो भुड्धक्ते तैः सह सुव्रत: । षष्ठे काले कदाचित्‌ तु तस्याहारो न विद्यते

ṣaṣṭhe kāle sadā vipro bhṛtyabhakte taiḥ saha suvrataḥ | ṣaṣṭhe kāle kadācit tu tasyāhāro na vidyate ||

Nakula nói: “Đến thời khắc thứ sáu đã định, vị Bà-la-môn ấy—kiên trì giữ giới nguyện—thường ăn phần cơm đã dành cho người hầu, cùng ăn với họ. Nhưng có một lần, khi thời khắc thứ sáu đến, tuyệt nhiên không còn chút thức ăn nào cho ông.”

षष्ठेon the sixth (day/time)
षष्ठे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्ठ
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
कालेat the time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सदाalways
सदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
विप्रःthe brahmin
विप्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भुङ्क्तेeats/partakes
भुङ्क्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootभुज्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
तैःwith them
तैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
सहtogether with
सह:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
सुव्रतःof good vow/strictly observant
सुव्रतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुव्रत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
षष्ठेon the sixth (day/time)
षष्ठे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्ठ
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
कालेat the time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
कदाचित्sometimes
कदाचित्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचित्
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तस्यof him/of that (brahmin)
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
आहारःfood/meal
आहारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआहार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विद्यतेexists/is found
विद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

नकुल उवाच

N
Nakula
V
vipra (brāhmaṇa)
B
bhṛtya (servants)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights disciplined living and ethical endurance: a virtuous person keeps a vow and shares in the simplest fare with dependents, yet must also face moments of scarcity without abandoning righteousness.

Nakula describes a brāhmaṇa who customarily eats at a fixed “sixth” time, taking the servants’ portion along with them; on one particular day, when that time comes, there is no food available for him.