Shloka 40

Devanagari script

भीमसेन उवाच ददानि ते ग्रामवरांक्षतुर्दश प्रियाख्याने सारथे सुप्रसन्न: । दासीशतं चापि रथांश्व विंशतिं यदर्जुनं वेदयसे विशोक

Transliteration

bhīmasena uvāca | dadāni te grāmavarāṁś caturdaśa priyākhyāne sārathe suprasannaḥ | dāsīśataṁ cāpi rathāṁś ca viṁśatiṁ yad arjunaṁ vedayase viśoka ||

Translation

ഭീമസേനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ സാരഥേ, വിശോകാ! അർജുനന്റെ വരവിന്റെ വാർത്ത നീ അറിയിച്ചു; ഈ പ്രിയവാർത്തയിൽ ഞാൻ അത്യന്തം പ്രസന്നനാണ്. അതിനാൽ ഞാൻ നിനക്ക് പതിനാലു ഉത്തമ ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ ദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നു; കൂടാതെ പ്രതിഫലമായി നൂറ് ദാസിമാരെയും ഇരുപത് രഥങ്ങളെയും സ്വീകരിക്കൂ.

Word by Word

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ददानि: I give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• ग्रामवरान्: excellent villages
• ग्रामवरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रामवर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• Type: Numeral
• Root: चतुर्दश

• प्रियाख्याने: in the pleasing message/report
• प्रियाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सारथे: O charioteer
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सुप्रसन्नः: very pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्रसन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दासीशतम्: a hundred maidservants
• दासीशतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासीशत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• रथान्: chariots
• रथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विंशतिम्: twenty
• Type: Numeral
• Root: विंशति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: that/which (fact)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वेदयसे: you inform / you make known
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (वेदयति)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada, Causative

• विशोक: O Vishoka (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशोक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Viśoka
• Arjuna
• sārathi (charioteer/messenger)
• fourteen villages
• hundred maidservants
• twenty chariots

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethic of honoring beneficial service: good news that strengthens one’s side in war is acknowledged with tangible reward, reflecting a kingly duty to recognize loyalty and timely assistance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma, pleased to hear from Viśoka/the charioteer that Arjuna has arrived, publicly grants the messenger a lavish reward—villages, maidservants, and chariots—both as gratitude and as a morale-boosting gesture in the war setting.