Shloka 11
Devanagari script
तत्कथं वै नाद्रियेयमी श्वरोडस्मीति पुत्रक । मा ते मन्युर्महाबाहो भवत्वत्र द्विजान् प्रति
Transliteration
tat kathaṃ vai nādriyeyam īśvaro ’smi iti putraka | mā te manyur mahābāho bhavatv atra dvijān prati ||
Translation
“既如此，吾子，我又怎能不敬婆罗门？莫以为‘我乃主宰，万事皆能成就’，便在此对二生者生起嗔怒。臂力雄伟者啊，切莫凭恃自身之力而舍弃对婆罗门的敬礼。”
Word by Word
तत्that (therefore/that being so)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
कथम्how?
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
आद्रियेम्should I respect / honor?
आद्रियेम्:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-दृ (धातु)
Formoptative (vidhiliṅ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
Formcommon, nominative, singular
ईश्वरःlord; one who is capable/sovereign
ईश्वरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formpresent (laṭ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
पुत्रकdear son
पुत्रक:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्रक
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
माdo not (prohibitive)
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
तेto you / of you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Formcommon, genitive/dative, singular
मन्युःanger
मन्युः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबाहु
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
भवतुlet it be / may it be
भवतु:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formimperative (loṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
अत्रhere; in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
द्विजान्Brahmins (lit. twice-born)
द्विजान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
प्रतिtowards; against
प्रति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyudeva (Wind-god)P
putra (son, addressed as putraka)D
dvija (Brahmins/twice-born)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even if one feels powerful or ‘capable like a lord’ (īśvaro ’smi), that is not a license to disregard Brahmins or dharmic authorities; anger toward the dvijas should be restrained, and reverence maintained as a matter of dharma.
Vāyudeva addresses his son, explaining that in the given situation he cannot neglect honoring Brahmins, and he admonishes the son not to become angry at the twice-born, framing the issue as a test of self-control and proper conduct.