Shloka 11

Adhyāya 11 — Maṇḍala-vicāra and Ṣāḍguṇya-prayoga

Circle-of-Kings Analysis and the Six Policies

Devanagari script

यन्ममास्ति धनं किंचिदर्जुनस्य च वेश्मनि । तस्य स्वामी महाराज इति वाच्य: स पार्थिव:,“मेरे और अर्जुनके घरमें जो कुछ भी धन है, उस सबके स्वामी महाराज धूृतराष्ट्र हैं; यह बात उन्हें बता दीजिये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: yan mamāsti dhanaṃ kiñcid arjunasya ca veśmani | tasya svāmī mahārāja iti vācyaḥ sa pārthivaḥ ||

Translation

মোৰ আৰু অৰ্জুনৰ ঘৰত যি কোনো ধন আছে—সেই সকলোৰে স্বামী মহাৰাজ ধৃতৰাষ্ট্ৰ; এই কথা তেওঁক জনাই দিবা।

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• किञ्चित्: any (something)
• किञ्चित्: Visheshana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् + चित्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अर्जुनस्य: of Arjuna
• अर्जुनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वेश्मनि: in the house
• वेश्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तस्य: of that / of him
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स्वामी: master/owner
• स्वामी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• वाच्यः: is to be said / should be told
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Gerundive (future passive participle), Passive (obligation)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Mahārāja (the king)
• Pārthiva (the sovereign king)
• wealth (dhana)
• house/dwelling (veśman)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical stewardship: personal wealth is subordinated to rightful royal authority, reflecting humility, renunciation of possessiveness, and the restoration of lawful order (dharma) after conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

A message is being framed for the king: whatever wealth is present in the speaker’s and Arjuna’s households should be regarded as belonging to the sovereign. This functions as a formal acknowledgment of the king’s claim and a gesture of deference meant to stabilize governance in the aftermath of the war.