Shloka 17

जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released

Devanagari script

ते करान्‌ सम्प्रयच्छन्तु सुवर्ण च कृताकृतम्‌ । तेन ते क्रियतामद्य लाड़लं नृपसत्तम

Transliteration

te karān samprayacchantu suvarṇaṃ ca kṛtākṛtam | tena te kriyatām adya lāḍalaṃ nṛpasattama ||

Translation

“Biarlah mereka menyerahkan upeti kepadamu—emas, baik yang sudah ditempa maupun yang masih mentah. Dengan emas itu, wahai raja termulia, buatlah sebuah bajak pada hari ini.”

Word by Word

• ते: they / those (kings)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• करान्: taxes/tributes
• करान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सम्प्रयच्छन्तु: let them give/hand over
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-यम् (यच्छति)
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• कृताकृतम्: wrought and unwrought (manufactured and unmanufactured)
• कृताकृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृताकृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• nṛpasattama (the addressed king)
• karāḥ (tribute/taxes)
• suvarṇa (gold)
• lāḍala (plough)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Tribute and wealth received by a ruler should be directed toward purposeful, dharma-consistent action. The verse emphasizes responsible kingship: resources collected from subjects or subordinate kings are to be used as instruments for a defined public/ritual aim rather than mere personal indulgence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports an instruction addressed to a king: order the tributary rulers to present gold—both worked ornaments and raw bullion—and use that gold immediately to have a plough made, preparing for a specific undertaking connected with the broader episode.