Shloka 3

Devanagari script

सुभद्रां च यथान्यायं याशभ्चान्या: कुरुयोषित: । ददौ कुन्ती ततस्ताभ्यां रत्नानि विविधानि च,फिर सुभद्रा तथा कुरूकुलकी अन्य स्त्रियोंसे भी वे यथायोग्य मिलीं। उस समय कुन्तीने उन दोनोंको नाना प्रकारके रत्न भेंटमें दिये

Transliteration

subhadrāṃ ca yathānyāyaṃ yāś ca anyāḥ kuruyoṣitaḥ | dadau kuntī tatas tābhyāṃ ratnāni vividhāni ca ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: لُقِيَت سوبهادرا، وكذلك سائر نساء بيت الكورو، بالاستقبال والتحية على الوجه اللائق. ثم قدّمت كونتي لهما جواهر شتّى هديةً—وهو فعلٌ من حسن الضيافة وتمام اللياقة في شؤون الأسرة.

Word by Word

सुभद्राम्Subhadrā

चand

यथाas, according to

न्यायम्propriety, rule, due manner

याशाःwho (fem. pl.)

चand

अन्याःother (women)

कुरु-योषितःKuru women

ददौgave

कुन्तीKuntī

ततःthen, thereafter

ताभ्याम्to those two (women)

रत्नानिgems, jewels

विविधानिvarious, manifold

चand

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Subhadrā

Kuntī

Kuru women

ratnāni (jewels)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights yathānyāya—acting in accordance with propriety and dharma—through respectful reception of family members and the ethical practice of gift-giving as a sign of honor, affection, and social responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Subhadrā and the other Kuru women are formally greeted as is proper; afterward Kuntī presents them (notably two principal ladies) with assorted jewels, marking a courteous and dharmic exchange within the royal household.