Shloka 10

Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)

Devanagari script

कुलात्‌ तु तव धर्मात्मन्‌ कन्यां सोडथिगमिष्यति । उद्धावनार्थ भवतो वंशस्य नृपसत्तम,धर्मात्मन्‌! नृपश्रेष्ठी वे ऋचीक तुम्हारे कुलकी उन्नतिके लिये तुम्हारे वंशकी कन्याका पाणिग्रहण करेंगे

Transliteration

kulāt tu tava dharmātman kanyāṃ so 'dhigamiṣyati | uddhāvanārthaṃ bhavato vaṃśasya nṛpasattama dharmātman |

Translation

“汝乃守法之人，自汝族中将得一女以为婚配。王中之最胜者啊，此乃为振兴与昌盛汝之宗族，圣者Ṛcīka将迎娶汝家之女为妻。”

Word by Word

• कुलात्: from the family
• कुलात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मात्मन्: O righteous-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• सोऽधिगमिष्यति: he will obtain/attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-गम्
• Form: Future (Simple Future), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उद्धावनार्थम्: for the purpose of raising/advancing
• उद्धावनार्थम्: Prayojana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धावनार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भवतः: of you (honorific)
• भवतः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वंशस्य: of the lineage
• वंशस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

व्यववन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ṛcīka
• a king addressed as nṛpasattama (best of kings)
• the maiden (kanyā) from the king's lineage

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames marriage not merely as personal desire but as a dharmic act tied to the welfare and continuity of a lineage; it emphasizes responsibility, social order, and the ethical intention (upliftment of the family line) behind alliances.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses a king, calling him righteous and best among rulers, and foretells/announces that the sage Ṛcīka will obtain a maiden from the king’s family in marriage, presenting it as an act meant to elevate and strengthen the king’s dynasty.