Shloka 14

अध्याय १५ (Āśramavāsika-parva): धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनवासानुज्ञायाचनम् — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s renewed plea for consent to forest-dwelling

Devanagari script

तन्निमित्तं महाबाहो दान दद्यास्त्वमुत्तमम्‌ । सदैव भ्रातृभि: सार्ध सूर्यजस्यारिमर्दन,महाबाहो! शत्रुमर्दन! तुम अपने भाइयोंके साथ सदा ही सूर्यपुत्र कर्णके लिये भी उत्तम दान देते रहना

Transliteration

tannimittaṃ mahābāho dānaṃ dadyās tvam uttamam | sadaiva bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ sūryajasya arimardana ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Darum, o Mächtigarmiger, o Feindzermalmer, sollst du stets vortreffliche Gaben darbringen. Und tue dies unablässig zusammen mit deinen Brüdern—auch zu Ehren Karṇas, des Sohnes der Sonne.“

Word by Word

तत्that

निमित्तम्cause, reason

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

दानम्gift, charity

दद्याःyou should give

त्वम्you

उत्तमम्excellent, best

सदाalways

एवindeed, just

भ्रातृभिःwith (your) brothers

सार्धम्together with

सूर्यजस्यof the son of the Sun (Karna)

अरिमर्दनO crusher of foes

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Karṇa

Sūrya (the Sun)

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?

The verse urges sustained, excellent charity (dāna) as a dharmic duty, performed collectively with one’s brothers, extending generosity even toward Karṇa—signaling ethical largeness, remembrance, and reconciliation beyond past enmity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues advising a heroic figure addressed as “mahābāho/arimardana,” instructing him to keep giving superior gifts regularly, together with his brothers, and specifically to make offerings also in Karṇa’s name (the Sun-born).