Shloka 21
दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food
Devanagari script
वायुदेव उवाच नेदानीमतिनिर्बन्धं शोके त्वं कर्तुमरहसि । यदाह भगवान् व्यासस्तत् कुरुष्व नृपोत्तम
Transliteration
vāyudeva uvāca: nedānīm atinirbandhaṃ śoke tvaṃ kartum arhasi | yad āha bhagavān vyāsas tat kuruṣva nṛpottama ||
Translation
വായുദേവൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ നൃപശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, ഇനി ദുഃഖത്തെ അതിയായ പിടിവാശിയോടെ പറ്റിപ്പിടിക്കരുത്. ഭഗവാൻ വ്യാസൻ കല്പിച്ചതുതന്നെ ചെയ്യുക.
Word by Word
{'nedānīm''not now
{'nedānīm':
at this time no longer', 'atinirbandham''excessive insistence
at this time no longer', 'atinirbandham':
obstinate fixation', 'śoke''in grief
obstinate fixation', 'śoke':
in sorrow', 'tvam''you', 'kartum': 'to do
in sorrow', 'tvam':
to make (hereto adopt/maintain)', 'arhasi': 'you ought
to make (here:
you are fit/expected', 'yad''whatever
you are fit/expected', 'yad':
that which', 'āha''said
that which', 'āha':
instructed', 'bhagavān''the revered one
instructed', 'bhagavān':
venerable sage (honorific)', 'vyāsaḥ''Vyāsa (Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana), the sage', 'tat': 'that', 'kuruṣva': 'do (imperative)
venerable sage (honorific)', 'vyāsaḥ':
carry it out', 'nṛpottama''O best of kings'}
carry it out', 'nṛpottama':
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VāyudevaV
VyāsaN
nṛpottama (the king addressed)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Educational Q&A
Do not remain stubbornly attached to sorrow; restrain grief and follow the guidance of a realized, authoritative teacher (here, Vyāsa).
Vāyudeva addresses a grieving king and urges him to stop clinging to lamentation, directing him instead to act according to Vyāsa’s instruction.