Shloka 163

Āśvamedhika-parva, Adhyāya 14

Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira; Rites and Gifts; Return to Hastināpura

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट्र पुरस्कृत्य विवेश गजसाह्वयम्‌ । तत्पश्चात्‌ ब्राह्मणोंको बहुत-सा धन देकर पाण्डवशिरोमणि युधिष्ठिरने धृतराष्ट्रको आगे करके हस्तिनापुरमें प्रवेश किया

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ puraskṛtya viveśa gajasāhvayam | tatpaścāt brāhmaṇebhyo bahu-sā dhanaṃ dattvā pāṇḍavaśiromaṇiḥ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ dhṛtarāṣṭram agre kṛtvā hastināpuraṃ praviśat |

Translation

ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರನನ್ನು ಮುಂಚಿಟ್ಟು ಅವನು ಗಜಸಾಹ್ವಯ (ಹಸ್ತಿನಾಪುರ)ಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದನು. ಅನಂತರ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಗೆ ಅಪಾರ ಧನವನ್ನು ದಾನಮಾಡಿ, ಪಾಂಡವಶಿರೋಮಣಿ ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನು ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರನನ್ನು ಅಗ್ರಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿರಿಸಿ ಹಸ್ತಿನಾಪುರಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Dhṛtarāṣṭra (as object)
• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरस्कृत्य: having placed (him) in front
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुरस् + कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having placed in front / having put forward

• विवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गजसाह्वयम्: Gajasāhvaya (Hastināpura)
• गजसाह्वयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गजसाह्वय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• धृतराष्ट्र (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇas)
• गजसाह्वय / हस्तिनापुर (Gajasāhvaya / Hastināpura)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even after gaining sovereignty, a righteous king upholds dharma by honoring elders with precedence and by supporting the learned through generous dāna; power is shown through humility and responsibility, not triumphalism.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira enters Hastināpura, deliberately placing Dhṛtarāṣṭra in front as a mark of respect, and he distributes substantial wealth to brāhmaṇas before/alongside this entry, signaling a dharmic restoration of order after the conflict.