Shanti Parva Adhyaya 37 Shloka 45 - Mahabharata | English | Vedapath

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Shloka 45

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

Devanagari script

अभियाने तु पार्थस्य नरैर्नगरवासिभि: । नगरं राजमार्गाश्च॒ यथावत्समलड्कृता:,राजा युधिष्ठिरकी इस यात्राके समय नगरनिवासी मनुष्योंने समूचे नगर तथा वहाँकी सड़कोंको अच्छी तरहसे सजा दिया था

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | abhiyāne tu pārthasya narair nagaravāsibhiḥ | nagaraṃ rājamārgāś ca yathāvat samalaṅkṛtāḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: When Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira) set out, the townspeople decorated the entire city and its royal highways in proper and fitting manner.

Word by Word

अभियानेin the expedition/journey

तुbut/indeed

पार्थस्यof the son of Pṛthā (Pārtha)

नरैःby men

नगरवासिभिःby the city-dwellers

नगरम्the city

राजमार्गाःthe royal roads/main streets

चand

यथावत्properly/as is fitting

समलङ्कृताःwell-decorated/adorned

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pārtha (Arjuna)

the city (nagara)

royal roads/highways (rājamārga)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights loka-saṅgraha (maintenance of social order): when a righteous undertaking begins, the community participates through orderly, auspicious public conduct, expressing respect for dharma and legitimate authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Pārtha (Arjuna) departs on an expedition, the city’s residents decorate the city and the main royal roads, preparing a proper public send-off and marking the event as significant and auspicious.