Shloka 15

Divodāsa–Mādhavī Saṃvāda: Pratardana-janma and Kanyā-niryātana (दिवोदास–माधवी संवादः / प्रतर्दन-जननम् / कन्या-निर्यातनम्)

Devanagari script

इयं कन्या नरश्रेष्ठ हर्यश्व॒ प्रतिगृह्मताम्‌ चतुभगिेन शुल्कस्य जनयस्वैकमात्मजम्‌,“नरश्रेष्ठ हर्यश्व! नियत शुल्कका चौथाई भाग देकर आप इस कन्याको ग्रहण करें और इसके गर्भसे केवल एक पुत्र उत्पन्न कर लें”

Transliteration

iyaṁ kanyā naraśreṣṭha haryaśva pratigṛhṇatām caturbhāgena śulkasya janayasvaikam ātmajam

Translation

那罗陀说道：“噢，人中最胜的哈利耶湿婆啊，收纳此女为妻。按约定的聘财（śulka）付其四分之一，并只从她身上得一子即可。”

Word by Word

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कन्या: maiden, girl
• कन्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• हर्यश्व: O Haryashva
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्यश्व
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रतिगृह्णताम्: let (him/you) accept, please accept
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• चतुर्भागेन: with a fourth part
• चतुर्भागेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्भाग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शुल्कस्य: of the bride-price/fee
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुल्क
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जनयस्व: beget, generate (cause to be born)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मजम्: son, offspring
• आत्मजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Haryaśva
• kanyā (the maiden)
• śulka (bride-price)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores regulated conduct in marriage: acceptance of a bride is tied to agreed social obligations (śulka), and procreation is framed with restraint (only one son), reflecting dharmic control over desire and lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Haryaśva, instructing him to accept a particular maiden under specified terms—paying a quarter of the bride-price and fathering only one son—indicating a negotiated or conditional marital arrangement.