Shloka 20

Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality

Devanagari script

गच्छ पाण्डवशार्दूल रत्नान्यादाय सर्वश: । अविध्नमस्तु कार्याय धर्मराजाय धीमते,'पाण्डवप्रवर! तुम सब प्रकारके रत्नोंकी भेंट लेकर जाओ। परम बुद्धिमान्‌ धर्मराजके कार्यमें कोई विघ्न नहीं पड़ना चाहिये"

Transliteration

gaccha pāṇḍavaśārdūla ratnāny ādāya sarvaśaḥ | avidhnam astu kāryāya dharmarājāya dhīmate ||

Translation

«Geh, o Tiger unter den Pāṇḍavas, und nimm alle Arten von Juwelen als Gabe mit. Möge dem Vorhaben des weisen Dharmarāja kein Hindernis begegnen.»

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गच्छति)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• पाण्डव-शार्दूल: O tiger among the Pāṇḍavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवशार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• रत्नानि: gems, jewels
• रत्नानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), active

• सर्वशः: in every way; entirely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशस् (अव्यय)

• अविघ्नम्: free from obstacles
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अस्तु: let it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• कार्याय: for (his) task/purpose
• कार्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, dative, singular

• धर्म-राजाय: for Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्म-राजाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• धीमते: to the wise/intelligent one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāṇḍava (addressed as pāṇḍavaśārdūla)
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• ratnāni (jewels/treasures)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic kingship and auspicious intention: offerings and proper conduct should support a righteous ruler’s undertaking, and one should actively wish for (and work toward) the absence of obstacles in a just cause.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates an instruction addressed to a leading Pāṇḍava: he is told to go carrying all kinds of jewels as a formal offering/tribute, with a benediction that Dharmarāja’s (Yudhiṣṭhira’s) intended task should proceed without hindrance.