Shloka 22

सभा-पर्व, अध्याय ६१ — द्रौपदी-प्रश्नः, सभाधर्मः, सत्यवचन-नियमः

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच अध्चांस्तित्तिरिकल्माषान्‌ गान्धर्वान्‌ हेममालिन: । ददौ चित्ररथस्तुष्टो यांस्तान्‌ गाण्डीवधन्चने

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Aśvān tittiri-kalmāṣān gāndharvān hema-mālinaḥ | Dadau Citrarathaḥ tuṣṭo yāṁs tān Gāṇḍīva-dhanvane ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Dengan hati gembira, Gandharwa Citraratha menganugerahkan kepada pemegang Gāṇḍīva kuda-kuda Gandharwa itu—bertanda tittiri dan kalmāṣa—yang berhias untaian emas.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तित्तिरि-कल्माषान्: speckled like partridges (tittiri-spotted)
• तित्तिरि-कल्माषान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तित्तिरिकल्माष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गान्धर्वान्: Gandharva(-like), of Gandharvas
• गान्धर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गान्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हेम-मालिनः: garlanded with gold
• हेम-मालिनः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेममालिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• चित्ररथः: Citraratha
• चित्ररथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्ररथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुष्टः: pleased, satisfied
• तुष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यान्: which (those whom/that which)
• यान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गाण्डीव-धन्वने: to the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna)
• गाण्डीव-धन्वने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीवधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Citraratha
• Arjuna (Gāṇḍīva-dhanvan)
• Gandharvas
• horses
• Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• gold garlands (hema-mālā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reciprocity and honor: when one is pleased by another’s conduct or merit, one responds with a fitting gift. Such exchanges strengthen alliances and reflect a dharmic ideal of generosity and recognition of worth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira recounts that the Gandharva Citraratha, being pleased, gifted Arjuna (the bearer of the Gāṇḍīva) a set of distinguished, beautifully adorned horses with speckled/dappled markings.