Shloka 16

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 44 — Post-War Reassignment of Residences and Restorative Consolation (शान्तिपर्व अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

तत्र भक्ष्यान्नपानैस्ते मुदिता: सुसुखोषित: । सुखप्रबुद्धा राजानमुपतस्थुर्युधिष्ठिरम्‌

Transliteration

tatra bhakṣyānnapānaiste muditāḥ susukhoṣitāḥ | sukhaprabuddhā rājānam upatasthur yudhiṣṭhiram ||

Translation

そこで彼らは、食物と珍味と飲み物に満ち足り、心から喜んだ。各々の場所で夜通し安らかに眠り、暁に爽やかに目覚めると、王ユディシュティラに仕えるため参上した。これは、秩序ある振る舞いと、もてなしへの感謝、そして正統の権威への敬意を示すものであった。

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• भक्ष्य-अन्न-पानैः: with foods, meals, and drinks
• भक्ष्य-अन्न-पानैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य/अन्न/पान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुदिताः: pleased
• मुदिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुदित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सु-सुख-उषिताः: having slept very comfortably
• सु-सुख-उषिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उषित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुख-प्रबुद्धाः: awakened happily/comfortably
• सुख-प्रबुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रबुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपतस्थुः: attended upon / waited on
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic conduct in peaceful society: contentment with what is provided, orderly rest, and respectful attendance upon the king. It implies gratitude for hospitality and disciplined service to legitimate authority as part of ethical social harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being fed and hosted, the group spends the night comfortably in their allotted places. In the morning they wake refreshed and go to King Yudhiṣṭhira to attend him, indicating a formal return to duty and respectful courtly protocol.