Shloka 40

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्चात्तापः तथा वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse and Request for Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

सर्वे जनपदाश्षैव तव कर्माणि पाण्डव

Transliteration

sarve janapadāś caiva tava karmāṇi pāṇḍava

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Pāṇḍava, all the provinces and peoples indeed speak of your deeds.”

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जनपदाः: countries/kingdoms/regions
• जनपदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनपद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• कर्माणि: deeds/actions
• कर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पाण्डव: O Pandava
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s actions (karmāṇi) become public knowledge and moral testimony: the wider world remembers and judges deeds, so ethical conduct and responsibility are inseparable from leadership.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a Pāṇḍava (typically Yudhiṣṭhira in this context) and notes that all the janapadas—realms and their people—are speaking of his actions, highlighting his renown and the public awareness of his conduct.