Shloka 323

गान्धारी-प्रशमनम् — Pacification of Gāndhārī and Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel at Hāstinapura

Devanagari script

प्रविश्य प्रत्यपद्यन्त कोशरत्नर्थिसंचयान्‌ | भारत! युधिष्ठिरके ऐसा कहनेपर पाण्डव वीरोंने आपके शिबिरमें प्रवेश करके खजाना, रत्नोंकी ढेरी तथा भण्डारघरपर अधिकार कर लिया

Transliteration

praviśya pratyapadyanta kośaratnārthisaṃcayān |

Translation

قال يودهيشثيرا: «دخلوا (معسكر العدو) فاستولوا على الثروة المكدَّسة—مخازن الخزانة وأكوام الجواهر.»

Word by Word

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• प्रत्यपद्यन्त: they took possession / they seized
• प्रत्यपद्यन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-आ-√पद्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), 3, plural, आत्मनेपद

• कोश: treasuries
• कोश: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural (as first member of compound)

• रत्न: gems
• रत्न: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural (as first member of compound)

• अर्थि: desirous (of)
• अर्थि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural (as first member of compound)

• संचयान्: heaps/collections (stores)
• संचयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संचय
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• कोश-रत्न-अर्थि-संचयान्: stores/collections of treasuries and gems (desired/targeted)
• कोश-रत्न-अर्थि-संचयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संचय
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍava warriors
• enemy camp (śibira)
• treasury (kośa)
• jewels (ratna)
• storehouses/depots (bhāṇḍāra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how victory in war brings control over material resources (artha). It implicitly raises a dharmic tension: even when action is strategically necessary, the pursuit and handling of spoils must be restrained by righteous governance and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Yudhiṣṭhira’s statement, the Pāṇḍava heroes enter the opposing camp and take control of the treasury, heaps of jewels, and stored wealth—securing the enemy’s resources as part of the war’s outcome.