Shloka 11

Arjuna Honored in Indra’s Court; Lomāśa’s Audience; Indra’s Disclosure of Lineage and Mission

Book 3, Chapter 45

Devanagari script

सुहृदश्चान्नपानेन विविधेनाभिवर्षति । सत्यवाक्‌ पूजितो वक्ता रूपवाननहंकृत:

Transliteration

suhṛdaścānnapānena vividhena abhivarṣati | satyavāk pūjito vaktā rūpavān anahaṅkṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Chàng ban rải cho bạn hữu đủ thứ đồ ăn thức uống; lời nói chân thật, được tôn kính như một bậc diễn thuyết; dung mạo tuấn tú và không hề kiêu mạn.

Word by Word

• सुहृदः: friends, well-wishers
• सुहृदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• अन्नपानेन: with food and drink
• अन्नपानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्नपान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विविधेन: various, diverse
• विविधेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिवर्षति: showers (upon), bestows abundantly
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सत्यवाक्: truth-speaking
• सत्यवाक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यवाच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूजितः: honored, revered
• पूजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वक्ता: speaker, one who speaks
• वक्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रूपवान्: handsome, possessing beauty
• रूपवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनहंकृतः: free from ego, not arrogant
• अनहंकृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनहंकृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Nobility is shown through conduct: generous hospitality toward friends, truthful speech, and humility. Such virtues make a person naturally worthy of honor and trust.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing a person’s commendable qualities in a character-portrait style, emphasizing how social generosity (food and drink), moral integrity (truthful speech), and inner discipline (absence of pride) define exemplary behavior.