Shloka 10

द्रौपदी-प्राप्तिः, कुन्त्याः वाक्यप्रमादः, भ्रातृ-एक्यनिर्णयः

Draupadī’s Arrival, Kuntī’s Unintended Utterance, and the Decision for Fraternal Unity

Devanagari script

स हि वेदार्थतत्त्वज्ञस्तेषां गुरुकुदारधी: । तेन धर्मविदा पार्था याज्या धर्मविद: कृता:,उदारबुद्धि धौम्य वेदार्थके तत्त्वज्ञ थे, वे पाण्डवोंके गुरु हुए। उन धर्मज्ञ मुनिने धर्मज्ञ कुन्तीकुमारोंकोी अपना यजमान बना लिया

Transliteration

sa hi vedārtha-tattvajñas teṣāṁ guruḥ kṛta-dhīḥ | tena dharmavidā pārthā yājyā dharmavidaḥ kṛtāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Denn er kannte den wahren Sinn und die Grundsätze der Veden und war von edlem Verstand; so wurde jener in Dharma bewanderte Weise ihr Lehrer. Und die Söhne Kuntīs (die Pārthas), selbst kundig im Dharma, nahm er als yajamānas an (als Stifter und Auftraggeber der Opferhandlungen).

Word by Word

सःhe

हिindeed/for

वेदार्थतत्त्वज्ञःknower of the true meaning of the Vedas

तेषाम्of them (the Pandavas)

गुरुःteacher/guru

उदारधीःof noble intellect

तेनby him/with him

धर्मविदाby the knower of dharma

पार्थाःthe sons of Pritha (Pandavas)

याज्याःfit to be made sacrificers / to be officiated for

धर्मविदःknowers of dharma

कृताःwere made/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas / sons of Kuntī)

Vedas

Dharma

Yajamāna (sacrificial patron)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True authority in dharma is grounded in Vedic understanding and ethical discernment; such a teacher rightly guides worthy students, and righteous rulers support sacred duties by becoming yajamānas for proper rites.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that a Veda-knowing, noble-minded sage becomes the preceptor of the Pāṇḍavas, and he formally accepts them as patrons for sacrificial rites, establishing a relationship of instruction and dharmic responsibility.