Shloka 15

मयस्य प्रतिकृतिः — Maya’s Offer and the Commissioning of the Sabhā

Devanagari script

ततः कृष्णश्न पार्थश्च धर्मराजे युधिष्ठिरे । सर्वमेतत्‌ समावेद्य दर्शयामासतुर्मयम्‌,तत्पश्चात्‌ भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनने धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरको ये सब बातें बताकर मयासुरको उनसे मिलाया

Transliteration

tataḥ kṛṣṇaś ca pārthaś ca dharmarāje yudhiṣṭhire | sarvam etat samāvedya darśayām āsatur mayam ||

Translation

それからクリシュナとパールタ（アルジュナ）は、これら一切をダルマラージャ・ユディシュティラに余すところなく告げ、マヤをその御前へと導いた。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• धर्मराजे: in/with the Dharma-king
• धर्मराजे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरे: in/with Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all (this)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समावेद्य: having fully informed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-विद् (धातु) → समावेद्य (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral as gerund)

• दर्शयामासतुः: they two caused (him) to see / introduced (him)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + लिट्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Dual, Parasmaipada

• मयम्: Maya (the asura/architect)
• मयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇa
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira
• Maya (Mayāsura)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic procedure: significant developments should be truthfully and fully reported to the rightful authority (Yudhiṣṭhira), and relationships or alliances should be formed transparently through proper introduction rather than private dealings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna first brief Yudhiṣṭhira on the relevant events, and then they present Maya (Mayāsura) to him—formally bringing the newcomer into the king’s presence.