Shloka 10
Devanagari script
ब्राह्मण उवाच उपदेशेन युष्माकमाहारो<यं कृतो मया । द्विरून दशरात्र वै नागस्यथागमनं प्रति
Transliteration
brāhmaṇa uvāca | upadeśena yuṣmākam āhāro 'yaṃ kṛto mayā | dvir ūnaṃ daśarātraṃ vai nāgasya āgamanam prati |
Translation
婆罗门说道：“因你们的教诲，我仿佛已得此食；唯凭你们的劝诫，我便心满意足。须知距那伽王（Nāga 之王）到来，已不足十夜。”
Word by Word
ब्राह्मणःthe Brahmin
ब्राह्मणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
उपदेशेनby (your) instruction/advice
उपदेशेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootउपदेश
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
युष्माकम्of you (all)
युष्माकम्:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Plural
आहारःfood; sustenance
आहारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआहार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अयम्this
अयम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृतःmade; prepared
कृतः:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
द्विरूनम्two less (i.e., lacking two)
द्विरूनम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि + ऊन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
दशरात्रम्a period of ten nights
दशरात्रम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदशरात्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वैindeed; surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
नागस्यof the serpent (king)
नागस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootनाग
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अथthen; now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
आगमनम्coming; arrival
आगमनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootआगमन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रतिtowards; with regard to
प्रति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति
Speaker
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Characters & Entities
ब
ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa)न
नाग (Nāga)न
नागराज (Nāgarāja, implied by nāgasya/āgamanam)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
True nourishment can be ethical and spiritual: wise instruction (upadeśa) can satisfy more deeply than physical food, emphasizing restraint and valuing counsel over appetite.
The Brahmin addresses the Nāgas, saying their counsel has satisfied him as if he had received food, and he notes that fewer than ten nights (i.e., eight nights) remain before the arrival of the Nāga-king.