Shloka 10

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

Devanagari script

कूृपाश्न विविधाकारा मनोहर्षविवर्धना: । वाप्यश्न विविधाकारा औदकानि गृहाणि च

Transliteration

kūpāś ca vividhākārā manoharṣa-vivardhanāḥ | vāpyāś ca vividhākārā audakāni gṛhāṇi ca ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : On y avait construit des puits de maintes sortes, qui réjouissaient le cœur et accroissaient la joie. Des bassins aux formes variées furent aussi aménagés, et des maisons furent disposées avec des commodités d’eau particulières.

Word by Word

• कूपाः: wells
• कूपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• विविधाकाराः: of various forms
• विविधाकाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविधाकार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मनःहर्षविवर्धनाः: increasing the joy of the mind
• मनःहर्षविवर्धनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनःहर्षविवर्धन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वाप्यः: ponds/reservoirs
• वाप्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वापी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• विविधाकाराः: of various forms
• विविधाकाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविधाकार
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• औदकानि: having water / water-supplied
• औदकानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: औदक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• गृहाणि: houses
• गृहाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• wells (kūpāḥ)
• ponds/reservoirs (vāpyāḥ)
• houses with water facilities (audakāni gṛhāṇi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic ideal of governance: ensuring accessible water through wells, ponds, and household water arrangements. Such public works are portrayed as joy-giving and ethically meritorious, expressing care for travelers and residents alike.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes preparations and arrangements being made—specifically the construction of varied wells and ponds and the provision of water-equipped dwellings—indicating organized, welfare-oriented infrastructure in the setting being narrated.