Shloka 122

Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial

Devanagari script

(पाण्डुरुवाच एवमेतद्‌ धर्मशास्त्रं यथा वदसि तत्‌ तथा ।) पाण्डुने कहा--प्रिये! वास्तवमें धर्मशास्त्रका ऐसा ही मत है। तुम जो कुछ कहती हो

Transliteration

pāṇḍur uvāca—evam etad dharmaśāstraṃ yathā vadasi tat tathā |

Translation

パーンドゥは言った。「そのとおりだ——ダルマ・シャーストラの教えは、まさにお前の言うとおりである。お前の言葉は正しい。」

Word by Word

• पाण्डुः: Pandu
• पाण्डुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मशास्त्रम्: treatise on dharma; dharma-śāstra
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मशास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वदसि: you say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so, in that way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That ethical and social conduct should align with Dharmaśāstra—recognized normative tradition—and that a claim is validated by its conformity to śāstric dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the context of the Pāṇḍavas’ birth narrative, Pāṇḍu responds to his wife’s reasoning by affirming that her statement matches Dharmaśāstra and is therefore correct.