Shloka 23

Devanagari script

दिवोदासो<थ धर्मात्मा समये गालवस्य ताम्‌ | कन्यां निर्यातयामास स्थित: सत्ये महीपति:

Transliteration

divodāso 'tha dharmātmā samaye gālavasya tām | kanyāṁ niryātayāmāsa sthitaḥ satye mahīpatiḥ ||

Translation

Bấy giờ, Divodāsa—vị vua sống theo dharma, kiên định trong chân lý—đến đúng thời hạn đã hẹn, liền trao thiếu nữ ấy cho Gālava, giữ trọn lời cam kết và hành xử hợp đạo.

Word by Word

• दिवोदासः: Divodāsa (proper name)
• दिवोदासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवोदास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled (one whose self is dharma)
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समये: at the time/occasion
• समये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गालवस्य: of Gālava
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ताम्: that (her)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कन्याम्: maiden/daughter
• कन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• निर्यातयामास: sent forth/handed over (gave away)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-यत् (प्रेरणे) / निर्यातय् (causative stem)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect), Third, Singular

• स्थितः: standing/abiding
• स्थितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्ये: in truth / in (his) truthfulness
• सत्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महीपतिः: king (lord of the earth)
• महीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

दिवोदास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Divodāsa
• Gālava
• kanyā (the maiden)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights satya and dharma in action: a ruler’s ethical strength is shown by keeping agreements at the proper time, even in matters involving valuable social obligations like the formal bestowal of a maiden.

What is happening in the narrative?

Divodāsa, described as dharmātmā and steadfast in truth, fulfills his commitment to Gālava by formally handing over the maiden at the agreed time.