Shloka 13

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

Devanagari script

ये हि निष्कलुषा लोके पुण्यपापविवर्जिता: । तेषां वै क्षेममध्वानं गच्छतां द्विजसत्तम

Transliteration

ye hi niṣkaluṣā loke puṇyapāpavivarjitāḥ | teṣāṃ vai kṣemamadhvānaṃ gacchatāṃ dvijasattama ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“世间若有人真正无垢，超越福德与罪业，则其前行之旅，确然循着安稳吉祥之道而去，噢，最胜的二生者。”

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• निष्कलुषाः: stainless, free from impurity
• निष्कलुषाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्कलुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुण्यपापविवर्जिताः: devoid of merit and sin
• पुण्यपापविवर्जिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यपापविवर्जित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• क्षेम: welfare, safety
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative (as prior member in compound), Singular

• अध्वानम्: path, course
• अध्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छताम्: of those going
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• द्विजसत्तम: O best of the twice-born
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: द्विजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• dvijasattama (addressed brahmin interlocutor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises inner purity that transcends the duality of merit (puṇya) and sin (pāpa). Such freedom from moral taint and from attachment to karmic accounting is presented as leading to a safe, auspicious spiritual course.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is instructing a brahmin interlocutor, describing the destiny or course of those who are “stainless” and beyond puṇya and pāpa, affirming that their onward journey follows a secure path.