Shloka 101

Devanagari script

अलड्कार प्रदद्याच्च पाण्योर्वे भरतर्षभ । कर्णस्याभरणं दद्याद्‌ धनं चैव विशेषत:,भरतश्रेष्ठ! इसके सिवा कथावाचकके लिये दोनों हाथोंके कड़े, कानोंके कुण्डल और विशेषत: धन प्रदान करे

Transliteration

alaṅkārān pradadyāc ca pāṇyor vai bharatarṣabha | karṇasyābharaṇaṁ dadyād dhanaṁ caiva viśeṣataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi bậc trượng phu trong dòng Bharata, cũng nên ban tặng đồ trang sức cho đôi tay—vòng tay hay vòng cánh tay. Cũng nên cho đồ trang sức nơi tai, và trên hết, hãy cho của cải.” Câu kệ xem lòng hào hiệp đối với người tụng kể như một hành vi dharma: tôn kính lời kể thiêng không chỉ bằng lời khen mà bằng lễ vật hữu hình, đặc biệt nhấn mạnh sự trợ giúp về tài vật.

Word by Word

• अलङ्कारम्: ornament
• अलङ्कारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलङ्कार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रदद्याच्च: should give (and)
• प्रदद्याच्च: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्योः: on (both) hands
• पाण्योः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Dual

• वे: indeed / also (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वे

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कर्णस्य: of the ear
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आभरणम्: ornament (ear-ornament)
• आभरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आभरण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दद्याद्: should give
• दद्याद्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विशेषतः: especially
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतस्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatarṣabha (honorific addressee)
• ornaments (alaṅkāra)
• hand-bracelets/armlets (pāṇyoḥ alaṅkāra)
• ear-ornament (karṇābharaṇa)
• wealth (dhana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches dharmic generosity: honoring sacred narration and its transmitter through appropriate gifts—ornaments and, most importantly, financial support—so that the act of recitation and teaching is sustained and respected.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues prescribing what should be given as gifts (dakṣiṇā) in the context of honoring a reciter/storyteller: hand-ornaments, an ear-ornament, and especially wealth.