Shloka 22

Devanagari script

अबुद्धिपूर्व भगवन्‌ धेनुरेषा हता तव । मया तत्र प्रसादं च कुरुष्वेति पुन: पुन:,“भगवन्‌! मैंने अनजानमें आपकी गाय मार डाली है, अतः आप मेरा यह अपराध क्षमा करके मुझपर कृपा कीजिये,” कर्णने इस बातको बार-बार दुहराया

Transliteration

abuddhipūrva bhagavan dhenur eṣā hatā tava | mayā tatra prasādaṃ ca kuruṣveti punaḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

“尊者啊！我因愚昧无知，竟杀了您的这头牛。还望您赐我恩宥，宽恕我的罪过。”卡尔纳如此一遍又一遍地哀求。

Word by Word

• अबुद्धिपूर्वम्: unintentionally, without prior understanding
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अबुद्धिपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• भगवन्: O venerable one / O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• धेनुः: cow
• धेनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एषा: this
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हता: killed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः)

• तव: your
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• तत्र: there / in that matter
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• प्रसादम्: favor, grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय

• कुरुष्व: do (please do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थे), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरणसूचक)

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bhagavān (addressed person)
• dhenu (cow)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when harm is done unintentionally, dharma requires acknowledging the fault, seeking forgiveness, and accepting responsibility; sincere repentance and a plea for prasāda (grace) are presented as ethically appropriate responses.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reports a repeated plea addressed to a revered figure: the petitioner confesses that he has killed the other’s cow out of ignorance and repeatedly asks for pardon and compassionate favor in that matter.