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Shloka 16

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 98 — Paraśurāma’s kṣatriya suppression; Dīrghatamas, Bali, Sudēṣṇā, and the birth of Aṅga

वैशम्पायन उवाच तथेत्युक्ता तु सा राजंस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! राजा प्रतीपने “तथास्तु” कहकर उसकी शर्त स्वीकार कर ली। तत्पश्चात्‌ वह वहीं अन्तर्धान हो गयी

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tathety uktā tu sā rājan tatraivāntaradhīyata.

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O König, als man ihr mit ‘So sei es’ antwortete, verschwand sie sogleich an Ort und Stelle. Diese Begebenheit unterstreicht das ethische Gewicht des Wortes eines Herrschers: Ist eine Bedingung einmal angenommen, wird Treue zu dieser Zustimmung zur bindenden Pflicht, selbst wenn die andere Seite sich dem Blick entzieht.“

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana
वैशम्पायनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैशम्पायन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
तथाthus/so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
उक्ताhaving been spoken/addressed
उक्ता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवच्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अन्तर्धीयतdisappeared/vanished
अन्तर्धीयत:
TypeVerb
Rootअन्तर्धा + धा
FormImperfect, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
King (Janamejaya as addressee in the frame narrative)
S
She (unnamed woman in this verse)

Educational Q&A

A ruler’s assent (“tathāstu/ tatheti”) is not casual speech; it creates an ethical obligation. The verse highlights the dharmic seriousness of accepting conditions and the duty to honor one’s word even when circumstances change.

After the king replies “So be it,” accepting her stated condition, the woman immediately vanishes on the spot, signaling that the agreement now stands and its consequences will unfold later.