Shloka 12

Marutta Seeks a Priest: Bṛhaspati’s Refusal and Nārada’s Guidance to Saṃvarta

Chapter 6

Devanagari script

राजर्ष नातिहृष्टोड्सि कच्चित्‌ क्षेमं तवानघ । क्व गतो5सि कुतश्वैदमप्रीतिस्थानमागतम्‌

Transliteration

rājarṣir nātihṛṣṭo ’si kaccit kṣemaṃ tavānagha | kva gato ’si kutaś caivam aprītisthānam āgatam ||

Translation

“王仙啊，你似乎并不欢喜。无罪之王，你一切可安好？你去了何处，又因何缘故，竟遭此忧愁与不悦之事？”

Word by Word

• राजर्षे: O royal sage (king-sage)
• राजर्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• अति: very, excessively
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• हृष्टः: pleased, delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (भू)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular

• कच्चित्: I hope?, is it the case that...?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• क्षेमम्: welfare, safety
• क्षेमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• क्व: where?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व

• गतः: gone
• गतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (भू)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular

• कुतः: from where? why? for what reason?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अप्रीति-स्थानम्: cause/occasion of displeasure
• अप्रीति-स्थानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्रीतिस्थान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आगतम्: has come, has occurred
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आगत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• rājarṣi (royal sage/king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A dharmic guide first inquires into a ruler’s welfare and the cause of inner disturbance; ethical counsel begins with attentive concern, not accusation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses a king-like figure (called a rājarṣi), noticing his lack of cheer, and asks whether all is well and what event or journey has led to his present sorrow.