Shloka 11

सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्

The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin

Devanagari script

प्रीतो स्वो नृप सत्कारैर्भवदार्जवसम्भृतै: । आवाभ्यामभ्यनुज्ञातो वरं नृवर चिन्तय

Transliteration

prīto ’svo nṛpa satkārair bhavadārjavasambhṛtaiḥ | āvabhyām abhyanujñāto varaṁ nṛvara cintaya ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“哦国王，你以真诚朴素所献的礼敬使我二人甚为欢喜。因此，哦诸王之最上者，得我二人许可，你当思量并请求一项随你所愿的恩赐。”

Word by Word

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (√प्री)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वः: one's own (kinsman/relative)
• स्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सत्कारैः: by honors / by respectful reception
• सत्कारैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्कार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भवता: by you (honorific)
• भवता: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अर्जव: with straightforwardness / sincerity
• अर्जव: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जव
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सम्भृतैः: performed / offered
• सम्भृतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्भृत (सम्+√भृ)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आवाभ्याम्: by us two
• आवाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: आवाम् (अस्मद्-द्विवचन)
• Form: Common, Instrumental, Dual

• अभ्यनुज्ञातः: permitted / granted leave
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यनुज्ञात (अभि+अनु+√ज्ञा)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नृवर: O best of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृवर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• चिन्तय: think (choose/consider)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिन्त्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• king (nṛpa/nṛvara)
• two sages/visitors (āvām implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sincere, uncomplicated hospitality (satkāra grounded in ārjava) is upheld as a dharmic virtue that wins the goodwill of the wise; ethical conduct itself becomes the cause for blessings and opportunities.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada, speaking on behalf of two honored visitors, tells the king that they are pleased with his respectful reception and grants him permission to choose and request a boon.