Shloka 28

ययातेर्वानप्रस्थतपःस्वर्गारोहणम् | Yayāti’s Vānaprastha Austerities and Ascent to Heaven

Devanagari script

गच्छ त्वं धात्रिके शीघ्र ब्रह्म कल्पमिहानय ।।

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | gaccha tvaṃ dhātrike śīghraṃ brahma-kalpam ihānaya | svayaṃvare vṛtaṃ śīghraṃ nivedaya ca nāhuṣam ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“乳母啊，速去，将我那德威如梵天的父亲请到此处；并即刻告知那护沙：依自择婚（svayaṃvara）之礼，提婆耶尼已择那护沙之子、雅雅提王为夫。”于是提婆耶尼急遣乳母传讯其父；乳母前往，将一切经过如实禀告舒克罗阿阇梨。

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Loṭ, 2, singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• धात्रिके: O nurse/attendant
• Type: Noun
• Root: धात्रिका
• Form: feminine, vocative, singular

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; sacred power (as qualifier in compound)
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कल्पम्: like; comparable to
• कल्पम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• आनय: bring
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Loṭ, 2, singular, Parasmaipada, आ

• स्वयम्-वरे: in the svayaṃvara (self-choice ceremony)
• स्वयम्-वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंवर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• वृतम्: chosen
• वृतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत
• Form: past passive participle, वृ (वरणे), masculine, accusative, singular

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र

• निवेदय: inform; report
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Loṭ, 2, singular, Parasmaipada, नि

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

• नाहुषम्: Nahusha (proper name)
• नाहुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाहुष
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhātrī (nurse/attendant)
• Devayānī
• Śukrācārya (implied as Devayānī’s father in the narrative context)
• Nahūṣa
• Yayāti

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma in social life: a marriage choice made through an accepted rite (svayaṃvara) carries public and ethical responsibility, so it must be conveyed promptly and accurately to elders and guardians whose role is to uphold consent, ritual propriety, and social stability.

What is happening in the narrative?

A message is dispatched through the nurse (dhātrī) to summon Devayānī’s father and to inform Nahūṣa that Devayānī has chosen King Yayāti (Nahūṣa’s son) as her husband in a svayaṃvara setting.