Shloka 7

अर्जुनदुःखहेतुप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the cause of Arjuna’s recurring hardship

Book 14, Chapter 89

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्छिर: प्रादाद्‌ ब्राह्मणेभ्ये यथाविधि

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prādād brāhmaṇebhyo yathāvidhi

Translation

ຕໍ່ມາ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ໄດ້ຖວາຍທານແກ່ພຣາຫມະນະທັງຫຼາຍຕາມພິທີກຳນົດ ດຳເນີນຕາມທຳມະ ແລະລຳດັບພິທີອັນວາງໄວ້.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रादात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, dative, plural

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: Avyaya

• विधि: rule, prescribed procedure
• विधि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic kingship expressed through regulated generosity: giving is not merely personal charity but a duty performed 'yathāvidhi'—in alignment with scriptural injunctions and social-ritual responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the course of the Aśvamedhika Parva’s events, Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira proceeds to distribute the appropriate gifts to the Brahmins, observing the proper ritual procedure.