Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ग्रामांश्व घोषांश्व॒ सुतस्य दृष्टवा शान्तां च शान्तो5स्य पर: स कोप: । चकार तस्यैव परं प्रसाद विभाण्डको भूमिपतेनरिन्द्र,अपने पुत्रके अधिकारमें आये हुए ग्राम, घोष और बहू शान्ताको देखकर उनका महान्‌ कोप शान्त हो गया। युधिष्ठिर! उस समय विभाण्डक मुनिने राजा लोमपादपर बड़ी कृपा की

Transliteration

grāmāṁś ca ghoṣāṁś ca sutasya dṛṣṭvā śāntāṁ ca śānto ’sya paraḥ sa kopaḥ | cakāra tasyaiva paraṁ prasādaṁ vibhāṇḍako bhūmipatenarindra ||

Translation

Vibhāṇḍaka said: “When he saw the villages and the cowherd-settlements that had come under his son’s rightful claim, and also beheld Śāntā, his intense anger was pacified. O best of kings, Vibhāṇḍaka then showed the highest favor to that ruler.”

Word by Word

• {'grāmān': 'villages

• settled habitations', 'ghoṣān': 'cowherd hamlets/pastoral settlements', 'sutasya': 'of (his) son', 'dṛṣṭvā': 'having seen', 'śāntām': 'Śāntā (proper name)

• also ‘the calm one’ by sense', 'śāntaḥ': 'calmed, pacified', 'paraḥ': 'exceeding, extreme', 'kopaḥ': 'anger, wrath', 'cakāra': 'made, did, showed', 'paraṁ prasādam': 'supreme favor/grace

• complete reconciliation', 'bhūmipati': 'lord of the earth

• king', 'narendra': 'best of men

Speaker

विभाण्डक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vibhāṇḍaka
• Śāntā
• Lomapāda
• Ṛśyaśṛṅga (implied by 'suta')
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by 'narendra' in the Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that dharmic restitution—returning what rightly belongs and honoring relationships—can dissolve even intense anger, enabling forgiveness and renewed goodwill between ascetic authority and royal power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vibhāṇḍaka, previously angered, sees that villages and pastoral settlements have been secured for his son and also sees Śāntā; his wrath subsides, and he extends great favor to the king (Lomapāda), signaling reconciliation.