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Shloka 21

संवरणस्य पतनं, सचिवोपचारः, वसिष्ठस्य सूर्योपगमनम्

Saṃvaraṇa’s Collapse, Ministerial Aid, and Vasiṣṭha’s Approach to Sūrya

अर्थो द्वावपि निष्पन्नौ युधिषछ्ठिर भविष्यत: । प्रतीकारश्न॒ वासस्य धर्मश्न॒ चरितो महान्‌,युधिष्ठिर! मेरे इस निश्चयसे दोनों प्रयोजन सिद्ध हो जायँगे। एक तो ब्राह्मणके यहाँ निवास करनेका ऋण चुक जायगा और दूसरा लाभ यह है कि ब्राह्मण और पुरवासियोंकी रक्षा होनेके कारण महान्‌ धर्मका पालन हो जायगा

arthau dvāv api niṣpannau yudhiṣṭhira bhaviṣyataḥ | pratīkāraś ca vāsasya dharmaś ca carito mahān ||

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „Durch diesen Entschluss werden beide Ziele erfüllt. Erstens wird die Verpflichtung, die wir durch das Wohnen im Hause des Brāhmaṇa auf uns nahmen, durch angemessene Vergeltung beglichen; und zweitens wird durch den Schutz des Brāhmaṇa und der Stadtbewohner eine große Tat des Dharma vollbracht.“

अर्थौtwo purposes/objects
अर्थौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
द्वौtwo
द्वौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
निष्पन्नौaccomplished/fulfilled
निष्पन्नौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिष्पन्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भविष्यतःwill be
भविष्यतः:
TypeVerb
Rootभविष्यत्
FormFuture, 3rd, Dual
प्रतीकारःrequital/repayment
प्रतीकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतीकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वासस्यof residence/dwelling
वासस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootवास
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
धर्मःdharma/righteous duty
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
चरितःpractised/performed
चरितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootचरित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महान्great
महान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
B
brāhmaṇa
P
puravāsins (townspeople)

Educational Q&A

Dharma is not only personal purity but also active responsibility: one should repay received support (pratīkāra of vāsā) and protect those under one’s care; fulfilling both gratitude and public protection constitutes ‘great dharma’.

Yudhiṣṭhira explains that his chosen course of action will achieve two goals at once: it will repay the debt of having lived in a brāhmaṇa’s home and, by safeguarding the brāhmaṇa and the townspeople, it will enact a significant duty of righteousness.