Shloka 11

आदि पर्व (अध्याय १२७) — रङ्गे कर्णस्य अवमानः, दुर्योधनस्य प्रतिपक्ष-निवृत्तिः, मैत्री-स्थापनम् / Ādi Parva (Chapter 127) — Karṇa’s Public Humiliation, Duryodhana’s Intervention, and the Formation of Alliance

Devanagari script

रत्नानि चाप्युपादाय बहूनि शतशो नरा: । प्रददु: काड्क्षमाणेभ्य: पाण्डोस्तस्यौर्ध्वदेहिके,सैकड़ों मनुष्योंने उन महाराज पाण्डुके दाह-संस्कारके दिन बहुत-से रत्न लेकर याचकोंको दिये

Transliteration

ratnāni cāpyupādāya bahūni śataśo narāḥ | pradaduḥ kāṅkṣamāṇebhyaḥ pāṇḍos tasyāurdhvadehike ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Am Tage der Totenriten für König Pāṇḍu brachten Hunderte von Männern viele Juwelen herbei und verteilten sie an jene, die in der Hoffnung auf Gaben gekommen waren.

Word by Word

रत्नानिgems, jewels

चand

अपिalso, even

उपादायhaving taken, taking up

बहूनिmany

शतशःby hundreds, in hundreds

नराःmen, people

प्रददुःgave, bestowed

काङ्क्षमाणेभ्यःto those desiring (begging/asking)

पाण्डोःof Pāṇḍu

तस्यof him, his

ऊर्ध्वदेहिकेat the funeral rite/obsequies

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍu

ratnāni (jewels)

kāṅkṣamāṇāḥ (petitioners/beggars)

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 dāna (charitable giving) as a dharmic act especially connected with funeral rites: honouring the deceased through generosity and ensuring that those who depend on alms or royal largesse are not neglected.

What is happening in the narrative?

During King Pāṇḍu’s aurdhvadehika (post-death/funeral observances), many people bring jewels and distribute them to petitioners who have come expecting gifts, portraying the customary largesse associated with royal funerary ceremonies.