Shloka 23

Adharma’s Short-Lived Prosperity and the Restorative Path of Tīrtha (लोमश–युधिष्ठिर संवादः)

Devanagari script

स दास्यति यथाकालमुचिता यस्य या भृति: । स चेद्‌ यथोचितां वृत्तिं न दद्यान्मनुजेश्वर:,जो पुरवासी राजभक्तिवश मेरे पीछे-पीछे चले आये हैं, वे अब महाराज धूृतराष्ट्रके पास चले जायँ। वे उनके लिये यथासमय समुचित आजीविका प्रदान करेंगे। यदि राजा धृतराष्ट्र उचित जीविकाकी व्यवस्था न करें तो पांचालनरेश ट्रुपद हमारा प्रिय और हित करनेके लिये अवश्य आपलोगोंको जीविका देंगे

Transliteration

sa dāsyati yathākālam ucitā yasya yā bhṛtiḥ | sa ced yathocitāṃ vṛttiṃ na dadyān manu-jeśvaraḥ |

Translation

ユディシュティラは言った。「彼は時に応じて、各々にふさわしい扶持を与えるであろう。だが人々の主たる王が、相応の生計を与えぬなら、パンチャーラの王ドルパダ—我らの親しき友にして、我らの益を願う者—が必ずや汝らに糧を授けよう。」

Word by Word

सःhe

दास्यतिwill give

यथा-कालम्at the proper time

उचिताproper, fitting

यस्यof whom

याwhich

भृतिःmaintenance, livelihood, wages

सःhe

चेत्if

यथा-उचिताम्duly, as is proper (properly fitting)

वृत्तिम्livelihood, means of subsistence

नnot

दद्यात्should give / were to give

मनुज-ईश्वरःlord of men, king

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Drupada

Pāñcāla

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s dharma includes timely and appropriate support of dependents and followers; if one authority fails in this obligation, a righteous ally should ensure people are not left without livelihood.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira speaks about arrangements for those who have followed him out of loyalty: they may go to Dhṛtarāṣṭra for maintenance, and if Dhṛtarāṣṭra does not provide properly, Drupada of Pāñcāla will support them as a friend and benefactor.