Shloka 24

Devanagari script

जयेय॑ लोभमोहौ च क्रोधं चाहं सदा विभो । दाने तपसि सत्ये च मनो मे सततं भवेत्‌,विभो! मुझे ऐसा वर दीजिये कि मैं लोभ, मोह और क्रोधको जीत सकूँ तथा दान, तप और सत्यमें सदा मेरा मन लगा रहे

Transliteration

jayeyam lobha-mohau ca krodhaṃ cāhaṃ sadā vibho | dāne tapasi satye ca mano me satataṃ bhavet, vibho ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „O Herr, gewähre mir diese Gabe: dass ich stets Gier und Verblendung, ebenso auch Zorn, überwinde; und dass mein Geist unablässig der Freigebigkeit, der Askese und der Wahrheit zugewandt sei.“

Word by Word

• जयेयम्: may I conquer
• जयेयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga (Optative), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• लोभम्: greed
• लोभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मोहम्: delusion
• मोहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• विभो: O Lord / O mighty one
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दाने: in giving / in charity
• दाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तपसि: in austerity
• तपसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सत्ये: in truth
• सत्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my / of me
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Common, Genitive, Singular

• सततम्: constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवेत्: may it be / may it become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga (Optative), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विभो: O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches inner kingship: true victory is conquering greed, delusion, and anger, and keeping the mind steadily anchored in the dharmic triad of generosity (dāna), disciplined austerity (tapas), and truthfulness (satya).

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira, in a supplicatory mode, asks a powerful being addressed as ‘vibhu’ for a boon—not for external power, but for moral strength and unwavering commitment to dharmic conduct.