Shloka 10

अर्हणनिर्णयः

Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly

Devanagari script

तां तु लक्ष्मीवतो लक्ष्मीं तदा यज्ञविधानजाम्‌ | तुतोष नारद: पश्यन्‌ धर्मराजस्य धीमत:,परम बुद्धिमान्‌ राजलक्ष्मीसम्पन्न धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरके उस धन-वैभव और यज्ञविधिको देखकर देवर्षि नारदको बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई

Transliteration

tāṃ tu lakṣmīvato lakṣmīṃ tadā yajñavidhānajām | tutoṣa nāradaḥ paśyan dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ paramabuddhimān rājalakṣmīsampannam dharmarājam yudhiṣṭhiram ||

Translation

Seeing that splendour of the fortunate king—prosperity born of proper sacrificial order—Devarṣi Nārada was greatly delighted as he beheld the wise Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira, endowed with royal fortune and supreme discernment.

Word by Word

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• लक्ष्मीवतः: of the prosperous one
• लक्ष्मीवतः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लक्ष्मीम्: splendor/fortune
• लक्ष्मीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• यज्ञविधानजाम्: born of sacrificial procedure/ritual ordinance
• यज्ञविधानजाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञविधानजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तुतोष: was pleased/rejoiced
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Śatṛ (present active participle)

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धीमतः: of the wise one
• धीमतः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nārada
• Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira
• Lakṣmī (prosperity/royal fortune)
• Yajña (sacrificial rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity becomes truly praiseworthy when it arises from dharmic conduct—here symbolized by wealth and splendour grounded in properly ordered yajña and righteous kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Devarṣi Nārada, observing Yudhiṣṭhira’s wise rule and the royal prosperity connected with correct sacrificial observances, feels great delight and approval.