Shloka 16

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच ददानीत्येव भगवानुत्तरं प्रत्यपद्यत । भूयश्चाश्वासयामास कौन्तेयं सत्यविक्रमम्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! यह सुनकर भगवान्‌ धर्मने उत्तरमें कहा---'मैं तुम्हें यह वर भी देता हूँ।” इसके बाद धर्मराजने पुनः सत्यपराक्रमी युधिष्ठिरको आश्वासन देते हुए कहा--

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | dadānīty eva bhagavān uttaraṃ pratyapadyata | bhūyaś cāśvāsayām āsa kaunteyaṃ satyavikramam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Als er dies hörte, erwiderte der erhabene Herr Dharma: „Ich gewähre es“, und so gab er seine Antwort. Dann tröstete Dharma abermals den Sohn der Kuntī, Yudhiṣṭhira, von standhafter, wahrhaftiger Tapferkeit, und stärkte seinen Entschluss auf dem Pfad des Dharma.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

ददानीति“(I) give,” thus

एवindeed/just

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

उत्तरम्answer/reply

प्रतिtowards/in response to

अपद्यतresorted to/uttered (as a reply)

भूयःagain/further

चand

आश्वासयामासcomforted/reassured

कौन्तेयम्the son of Kuntī (Yudhiṣṭhira)

सत्यविक्रमम्of true valor

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhagavān Dharma (Dharmarāja)

Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Kuntī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous authority is expressed not only by granting what is deserved but also by steadying the virtuous through reassurance; truth-based courage (satyavikrama) is upheld as an ethical ideal.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lord Dharma responds affirmatively to a request—“I grant (it)”—and then again consoles and encourages Yudhiṣṭhira (Kaunteya), reinforcing his confidence and dharmic resolve.