Shloka 26

Cyavana’s Yogic Display and Kuśika’s Recognition of Tapas (च्यवन-योगप्रभावः कुशिकस्य तपःप्रशंसा च)

Devanagari script

व्यवन उवाच उत्तिष्ठाम्येष राजेन्द्र सम्यक्‌ क्रीतो5स्मि तेडनघ । गोभिस्तुल्यं न पश्यामि धनं किंचिदिहाच्युत

Transliteration

vyavana uvāca | uttiṣṭhāmy eṣa rājendra samyak krīto 'smi te 'nagha | gobhis tulyaṁ na paśyāmi dhanaṁ kiñcid ihācyuta ||

Translation

遮婆那说道：“万王之王啊，我如今便起身。无罪者啊，你以正当而公平的代价买下了我。守礼不坠的君王啊，我在此世不见有任何财富可与牛群等同。”

Word by Word

• च्यवनः: Chyavana (name)
• च्यवनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उत्तिष्ठामि: I rise / I stand up
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एष: this (indeed)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• क्रीतः: bought
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्री
• Form: Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: by you
• ते: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular, Second

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गोभिः: with cows / by cows
• गोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• तुल्यम्: equal, comparable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पश्यामि: I see
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• किम्: any (whatsoever)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चित्: ever, at all (enclitic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित्

• इह: here, in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अच्युत: O unfailing one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अच्युत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

व्यवन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyavana
• Rājendra (the king addressed)
• Cows (go)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms an ethical valuation of wealth: cattle are presented as the foremost form of worldly wealth, and it also stresses fairness in transactions—being ‘properly purchased’—as part of righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyavana addresses a king, acknowledges that the king has paid a fair price to obtain him, and then declares his view that no wealth in the world equals cattle, framing the statement within ideals of propriety and steadfastness.