Shloka 31

Adhyāya 33: Antarvedī-Samāgama, Arghya-Nirṇaya, and Śiśupāla’s Objection

Devanagari script

सर्वकामाश्च कार्यन्तां रसगन्धसमन्विता: । मनोरथप्रीतिकरा द्विजानां कुरुसत्तम

Transliteration

sarvakāmāś ca kāryantāṃ rasagandhasamanvitāḥ | manorathaprītikarā dvijānāṃ kurusattama ||

Translation

Wahai yang terbaik di antara Kuru, siapkanlah segala jenis hidangan—penuh rasa dan harum—yang memenuhi keinginan kaum dwija dan mendatangkan kepuasan bagi mereka.

Word by Word

• सर्वकामाः: all desired (foods/things)
• सर्वकामाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• कार्यन्ताम्: let (them) be prepared / let (them) be made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Passive

• रसगन्धसमन्विताः: endowed with taste and fragrance
• रसगन्धसमन्विताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रसगन्धसमन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मनोरथप्रीतिकराः: giving satisfaction according to desire
• मनोरथप्रीतिकराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरथप्रीतिकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्विजानाम्: of the Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कुरुसत्तम: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuru-sattama (addressed Kuru noble/king)
• Dvijas (Brahmins)
• Foods/dainties (rasagandha-samanvita)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a kingly duty of dharma: honoring and supporting Brahmins/ritual guests through generous, well-prepared offerings that genuinely meet their needs and wishes, not merely token gifts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates an instruction to a Kuru leader to arrange a wide variety of fragrant, tasty foods—items people commonly desire—so that the dvijas are pleased and their expectations for hospitality are fulfilled.