Shloka 1

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

Devanagari script

/ #:73:.7 #:ड-.ह () हि 2 7-2 पज्चनवर्त्याधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय: सत्यवान्‌ और सावित्रीका विवाह तथा सावित्रीका अपनी सेवाओंद्वारा सबको संतुष्ट करना मार्कण्डेय उवाच अथ कन्याप्रदाने स तमेवार्थ विचिन्तयन्‌ । समानिन्ये च तत्‌ सर्व भाण्डं वैवाहिक नृप:,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! तदनन्तर कन्यादानके विषयमें नारदजीके ही कथनपर विचार करते हुए राजा अभश्वपतिने विवाहके लिये सारी सामग्री एकत्र करवायी

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | atha kanyāpradāne sa tamevārthaṃ vicintayan | samāninye ca tat sarvaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ vaivāhikaṃ nṛpaḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, as the king reflected on that very matter of giving his daughter in marriage, he gathered together all the requisites for the wedding. The verse frames the act of kanyā-dāna not as impulse but as a considered dharmic responsibility, carried out with due preparation and propriety.

Word by Word

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कन्याप्रदाने: in the giving of the maiden (kanyadāna)
• कन्याप्रदाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्याप्रदान
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अर्थम्: matter/meaning/purpose
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• विचिन्तयन्: thinking/considering
• विचिन्तयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चिन्त्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• समानिन्ये: he brought together/collected
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी
• Form: perfect, third, singular, parasmaipada

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

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• भाण्डम्: equipment/utensils/materials
• भाण्डम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वैवाहिकम्: pertaining to the wedding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैवाहिक
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• the king (Aśvapati, implied in context)
• kanyā-dāna (act of giving the daughter)
• vaivāhika-bhāṇḍa (wedding requisites)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic deliberation and preparedness: major life-rites like marriage and kanyā-dāna should be undertaken thoughtfully, with proper arrangements and a sense of duty rather than haste or mere emotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

After considering the matter of giving his daughter in marriage, the king proceeds to assemble all the necessary wedding materials, setting the stage for the forthcoming marriage arrangements in the Sāvitrī–Satyavān episode.