Shloka 31

दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food

Devanagari script

प्रविविक्षु: स धर्मज्ञ: कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: । अर्चयामास देवांश्ष ब्राह्मणांक्ष सहस्रश:

Transliteration

pravivikṣuḥ sa dharmajñaḥ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | arcayāmāsa devāṁś ca brāhmaṇāṁś ca sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

As he was about to enter the city, Yudhiṣṭhira—the dharma-knowing son of Kuntī—performed worship, honouring the gods and paying reverence to thousands of brāhmaṇas. The scene presents his entry not as personal triumph, but as a consecrated act rooted in piety, gratitude, and social-religious duty.

Word by Word

• प्रविविक्षुः: wishing to enter
• प्रविविक्षुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रविविक्षु (प्र + वि + √विश्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मज्ञः: knower of dharma
• धर्मज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुन्तीपुत्रः: son of Kuntī
• कुन्तीपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्चयामास: worshipped
• अर्चयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kuntī
• Devas (gods)
• Brāhmaṇas
• City (unspecified)