Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ततः पार्थो5 भ्यनुज्ञातो विराटेन महात्मना | प्रददौ तानि वासांसि विराटदुहितु: स्वयम्‌,तदनन्तर महामना विराटकी आज्ञासे बृहन्नलारूपी अर्जुनने स्वयं विराटकन्या उत्तराको वे सब कपड़े, जो महारथियोंके शरीरसे उतारे गये थे, दे दिये

Transliteration

tataḥ pārtho 'bhyanujñāto virāṭena mahātmanā | pradadau tāni vāsāṃsi virāṭa-duhituḥ svayam ||

Translation

その後、パールタ（アルジュナ）は大いなる心をもつヴィラータ王の許しを得て、あの衣を自らヴィラータの娘ウッタラーに手渡した。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

पार्थःPartha (Arjuna)

अभ्यनुज्ञातःhaving been permitted/authorized

विराटेनby Virata

महात्मनाby the great-souled (one)

प्रददौgave

तानिthose

वासांसिgarments, clothes

विराटदुहितुःto Virata's daughter

स्वयम्himself

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Virāṭa

Virāṭa’s daughter (Uttarā)

garments/clothes (vāsāṃsi)

great warriors (mahārathas, implied by context)

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?

The verse emphasizes disciplined adherence to rightful authority: Arjuna acts only after receiving Virāṭa’s permission, modeling restraint and propriety in handling sensitive items connected with warfare and the royal household.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being authorized by King Virāṭa, Arjuna (Pārtha)—in the Virāṭa-parvan context often associated with his disguised role—personally hands over certain garments to Virāṭa’s daughter (Uttarā), garments connected with the aftermath of battle.