Shloka 17

Yakṣa-saṃvāda: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Interrogation at the Guarded Water

Devanagari script

सत्यवानपि तां भार्या लब्ध्वा सर्वगुणान्विताम्‌ । मुमुदे सा च तं लब्ध्वा भर्तारें मनसेप्सितम्‌

Transliteration

satyavān api tāṃ bhāryāṃ labdhvā sarvaguṇānvitām | mumude sā ca taṃ labdhvā bhartāraṃ manasepsitam ||

Translation

Satyavān too, having obtained her as his wife—endowed with every virtue—rejoiced; and she also, having obtained the husband her heart had chosen, rejoiced in turn.

Word by Word

• सत्यवान्: Satyavān
• सत्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भार्याम्: wife
• भार्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• सर्वगुणान्विताम्: endowed with all virtues
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वगुणान्विता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मुमुदे: rejoiced
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• भर्तारम्: husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मनसा: with (her) mind/at heart
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ईप्सितम्: desired
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्यय from √आप्/ईप्स् 'to desire/seek')
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

इुमत्सेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Satyavān
• Sāvitrī (implied as the wife)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical ideal of married life: joy and stability arise when a union is based on virtue (guṇa), mutual acceptance, and heartfelt choice, not merely external arrangements.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dyumatsena describes the mutual happiness of the couple: Satyavān is delighted to have gained a wife of complete virtues, and she is equally delighted to have gained the husband she inwardly desired—marking the harmony of their marriage.