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Shloka 10

नारदकथितं माधव्याः तपश्चर्या–ययातेः स्वर्गविचारः | Nārada on Mādhavī’s Asceticism and the Scrutiny of Yayāti in Heaven

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्राय धर्मात्मन्‌ षड्भिरश्वशतै: सह । ततो5सि गतसम्मोहः कृतकृत्यो द्विजोत्तम

Transliteration

Viśvāmitrāya dharmātman ṣaḍbhir aśvaśataiḥ saha | tato 'si gata-sammohaḥ kṛta-kṛtyo dvijottama ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“噢，守法之人啊，将（她）与这六百匹马一同奉献给毗湿瓦密多。如此，噢，婆罗门中之最胜者，你的迷惘将被驱散，你也将尽毕所负之责。”

Word by Word

विश्वामित्रायto/for Viśvāmitra

धर्मात्मन्O righteous-souled one

षड्भिःwith six

अश्वशतैःwith hundreds of horses

सहtogether with

ततःthen/thereupon

असिyou are / you will be

गतसम्मोहःone whose delusion/confusion has gone

कृतकृत्यःone who has accomplished what was to be done

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born (Brahmin)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Viśvāmitra

Gālava

aśva (horses)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharma as the completion of one’s pledged duty: when a rightful obligation is met—here, by delivering the promised offering to Viśvāmitra—inner turmoil (sammoha) subsides and one becomes kṛta-kṛtya, ‘having done what must be done.’

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada advises Gālava, who is striving to fulfill a difficult demand connected with Viśvāmitra, to present the six hundred horses (as obtained) to Viśvāmitra; doing so will end Gālava’s anxiety and complete his undertaking.