Shloka 1

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 44 — Post-War Reassignment of Residences and Restorative Consolation (शान्तिपर्व अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका १ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १८ श्लोक हैं) है ० बछ। ] अत्ऑफा: चतुश्नत्वारिशो< ध्याय: महाराज युधिष्ठिरके दिये हुए विभिन्न भवनोंमें भीमसेन आदि सब भाइयोंका प्रवेश और विश्राम वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो विसर्जयामास सर्वा: प्रकृतयो नृपः । विविशुश्वा भ्यनुज्ञाता यथास्वानि गृहाणि ते

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tato visarjayāmāsa sarvāḥ prakṛtayo nṛpaḥ | viviśuś ca abhyanujñātā yathāsvāni gṛhāṇi te ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then the king dismissed all the “constituents of the realm”—his ministers, officials, and the people. Having received the royal permission, they all departed and entered their respective homes.

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• विसर्जयामास: dismissed, sent away
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect, Third, Singular

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रकृतयः: subjects; ministers and people (the constituents of the state)
• प्रकृतयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विविशुः: entered; went in
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural

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

• अभ्यनुज्ञाताः: having been permitted; authorized
• अभ्यनुज्ञाताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभ्यनुज्ञा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past Passive Participle

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• स्वानि: their own
• स्वानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• गृहाणि: houses, dwellings
• गृहाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A dharmic ruler maintains order through proper procedure: acknowledging the role of ministers and subjects, granting permission, and restoring normal civic life after major events.

What is happening in the narrative?

After concluding an audience, King Yudhiṣṭhira formally dismisses the assembled constituents of the kingdom; with his leave, they return to their respective homes.