Shloka 1

Devanagari script

अफ-४#-रा- चतुःपज्चाशर्दाधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय: अतिथिद्दारा स्वर्गके विभिन्न मार्गोका कथन ब्राह्मण उवाच समुत्पन्नाभिधानो5स्मि वाड्माधुर्येण तेडनघ । मित्रत्वमभिपन्नस्त्वं किंचिद्‌ वक्ष्यामि तच्छुणु

Transliteration

brāhmaṇa uvāca | samutpannābhidhāno 'smi vāṅ-mādhuryena te 'nagha | mitratvam abhipannas tvaṁ kiñcid vakṣyāmi tac chṛṇu ||

Translation

婆罗门说道：“无垢之人啊，只因听到你言辞甘美、温雅动人，我心便为你所系，已将你视作朋友。因此我将对你说几句话——请听我所言。”

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणः: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समुत्पन्न: arisen/produced
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उत्-पद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अभिधानः: name/appellation
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिधान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वाक्: by speech/words
• वाक्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• माधुर्येण: by sweetness
• माधुर्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधुर्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

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

• मित्रत्वम्: friendship
• मित्रत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अभिपन्नः: having attained/entered into
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-√पद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past active/participial usage)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• किञ्चित्: something/a little
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित्

• वक्ष्यामि: I will say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शृणु: hear/listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (speaker)
• Anagha (addressed person; unnamed interlocutor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical power of gentle, truthful, and pleasing speech: it creates trust and friendship, making moral instruction possible. Right speech (vāṅ-mādhurya) becomes a gateway to dharmic counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brāhmaṇa addresses an unnamed interlocutor respectfully as “blameless,” saying that the person’s sweet words have inspired affection and friendship; on that basis, the Brāhmaṇa prepares to offer advice and asks the listener to pay attention.