Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एवं प्राप्स्यसि कल्याणि कल्याणमनचघे ध्रुवम्‌ कोपिते च द्विजश्रेष्ठे कृत्स्नं दहोत मे कुलम्‌,“कल्याणि! तुम पापरहित हो। यदि इस प्रकार इनकी सेवा करनेमें सफल हो गयी तो तुम्हें निश्चय ही कल्याणकी प्राप्ति होगी, और यदि तुमने अपने अनुचित बर्तावसे इन श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणको कुपित कर दिया तो मेरा सम्पूर्ण कुल जलकर भस्म हो जायगा”

Transliteration

evaṁ prāpsyasi kalyāṇi kalyānam anaghe dhruvam | kopite ca dvijaśreṣṭhe kṛtsnaṁ dahot me kulam ||

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说道：“吉祥的夫人啊，无罪之人啊——若你能如此侍奉他，必定获得安泰。但若你因举止失当而触怒那位最尊贵的婆罗门，我的整个族系都将被焚尽，化为灰烬。”

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

प्राप्स्यसिyou will obtain

कल्याणिO auspicious one

कल्याणम्welfare, good fortune

अनघेO sinless one

ध्रुवम्certainly, surely

कोपितेwhen (he is) angered / if angered

चand

द्विजश्रेष्ठेin/when the best of the twice-born (brahmin) (is angered)

कृत्स्नम्entire, whole

दहोतिburns

मेmy

कुलम्family, lineage

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

dvijaśreṣṭha (a foremost Brahmin, unnamed)

kulam (the speaker’s lineage)

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?

Proper conduct and respectful service toward a venerable Brahmin is presented as dharmic and welfare-producing; provoking such a figure through impropriety is portrayed as bringing catastrophic consequences not only to oneself but to one’s entire lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) conveys a warning and encouragement to a woman addressed as ‘kalyāṇi’ and ‘anaghā’: success in serving the Brahmin leads to certain good, while angering him would result in the destruction of the speaker’s whole family line.