Shloka 104

Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman

Manu’s Instruction

Devanagari script

विकृत उवाच स्वं मया याचितेनेह दत्तं कथमिहाद्य तत्‌ । गृह्नीयां गच्छतु भवानभ्यनुज्ञां ददानि ते

Transliteration

vikṛta uvāca | svaṁ mayā yāciteneha dattaṁ katham ihādya tat | gṛhnīyāṁ gacchatu bhavān abhyanujñāṁ dadāni te ||

Translation

毗迦利多说道：“你求取之时，我已将此处属于我的财物施为布施；那么今日我又怎能取回？先生请去吧——我准你离开。”

Word by Word

• {'vikṛta uvāca': 'Vikṛta said', 'svam': 'one’s own (property/wealth)', 'mayā': 'by me', 'yācitena': 'by (one) who has asked/begged

• at the request', 'iha': 'here, in this matter', 'dattam': 'given, bestowed', 'katham': 'how?', 'adya': 'today, now', 'tat': 'that (gift/thing given)', 'gṛhnīyām': 'could/should I take (back)? (optative)', 'gacchatu': 'let (him/you) go

• go', 'bhavān': 'you, sir (honorific)', 'abhyanujñām': 'permission, consent, leave', 'dadāni': 'I give', 'te': 'to you'}

Speaker

विकृत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vikṛta

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A gift given upon request should not be reclaimed; true dāna is marked by integrity, non-attachment, and freedom from later claims.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vikṛta responds to someone who appears to seek the return of what was earlier given. He refuses to take it back, stating it was already donated, and grants the other person permission to leave.