Shloka 16

कुन्ती-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः — Kuntī’s Counsel on Departing for Pāñcāla

Devanagari script

अनुगृहा सुद्दद्वर्ग भोगैश्वर्यसुखेन च । पितृपैतामहं राज्यमिमे भोक्ष्यन्ति ते सुता:,तुम्हारे ये पुत्र अपने सुहृदोंके समुदायको उत्तम भोग एवं ऐश्वर्य-सुखके द्वारा अनुगृहीत करके बाप-दादोंके राज्यका पालन एवं उपभोग करेंगे

Transliteration

anugṛhāḥ sudṛḍhavargān bhogaiśvaryasukhena ca | pitṛpaitāmahaṁ rājyam ime bhokṣyanti te sutāḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: „Indem sie ihren Kreis von Wohlgesinnten mit erlesenen Genüssen und dem Glück des Wohlstands begünstigen, werden diese deine Söhne das väterliche und ahnengeerbte Reich bewahren und genießen.“

Word by Word

अनुगृह्यhaving favored / having shown grace to

सुहृद्-वर्गम्the group of friends/well-wishers

भोग-ऐश्वर्य-सुखेनby enjoyment, sovereignty/prosperity, and happiness

चand

पितृ-पैतामहम्paternal and ancestral

राज्यम्kingdom

इमेthese

भोक्ष्यन्तिwill enjoy / will rule (as enjoyers of the kingdom)

तेof you / your

सुताःsons

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

sons (te sutāḥ)

ancestral kingdom (pitṛpaitāmaha rājyam)

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 frames kingship as stewardship of an inherited realm: prosperity and enjoyment are legitimate when coupled with responsibility—supporting one’s dependents and allies and preserving the ancestral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa offers a forward-looking assurance/prophecy that the listener’s sons will rule and enjoy the inherited kingdom, while keeping their circle of well-wishers satisfied through prosperity and comforts.