Shloka 14

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरस्य पुरुषा: केउत्र चक्र: सभा इमा: | आनीयमन्तां सभाकारा: प्रदेयार्हा हि मे मता:,'युधिष्ठिरके किन आदमियोंने ये सभाभवन बनाये हैं। उन सबको बुलाओ। मैं उन्हें पुरस्कार देनेके योग्य मानता हूँ

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhirasya puruṣāḥ ke 'tra cakruḥ sabhā imāḥ | ānīyamantāṁ sabhākārāḥ pradeyārhā hi me matāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Which men of Yudhiṣṭhira built this assembly hall here? Bring the builders of the hall before me; in my judgment they are truly worthy of reward.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरस्य: of Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुरुषाः: men, persons
• पुरुषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• के: which/who (plural)
• के: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उत: indeed/and/or (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• चक्रुः: made, constructed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सभाम्: assembly-hall
• सभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Visheshana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आनीयन्ताम्: let (them) be brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada, passive/impersonal sense: 'let them be brought'

• सभाकाराः: hall-builders, makers of the assembly-hall
• सभाकाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभाकार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रदेयार्हाः: worthy of being given (a reward), deserving of gifts
• प्रदेयार्हाः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रदेयार्ह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मे: of me, my
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• मताः: considered, deemed
• मताः: Predicate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• sabhā (assembly hall)
• sabhākārāḥ (hall-builders)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a ruler’s ethical duty to recognize skilled service and repay it appropriately—rewarding merit and labor is presented as a just and grateful act aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker asks who among Yudhiṣṭhira’s men constructed the assembly hall and orders that the builders be summoned, declaring them worthy of receiving rewards.