Shloka 13

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 44 — Post-War Reassignment of Residences and Restorative Consolation (शान्तिपर्व अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

प्रददौ सहदेवाय संततं प्रियकारिणे । मुमुदे तच्च लब्ध्वासौ कैलासं धनदो यथा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | pradadau sahadevāya satataṁ priyakāriṇe | mumude tac ca labdhvāsau kailāsaṁ dhanado yathā ||

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു— യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ എപ്പോഴും തനിക്കു പ്രിയം വരുത്തുന്ന സഹദേവനു ആ ഭവനം നൽകി. അത് ലഭിച്ച സഹദേവൻ, ധനദനായ കുബേരൻ കൈലാസം ലഭിച്ചപ്പോൾ പോലെ, അത്യന്തം ആനന്ദിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• प्रददौ: gave
• प्रददौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (दा)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सहदेवाय: to Sahadeva
• सहदेवाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• संततम्: always/continually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संतत

• प्रियकारिणे: to (him) who does what is pleasing
• प्रियकारिणे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियकारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• मुमुदे: rejoiced
• मुमुदे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3, Singular, Atmanepada

• तत्: that (palace/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage)

• असौ: he (that person)
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असद्/असौ (pronoun)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धनदः: Kubera (giver of wealth)
• धनदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sahadeva
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kubera (Dhanada)
• Kailāsa
• mansion/palace (bhavana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous leadership includes recognizing consistent loyalty and service (satataṁ priyakāriṇe) and rewarding it appropriately; such generosity sustains unity and contentment within the royal household.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira grants a splendid residence to Sahadeva; Sahadeva becomes very happy, compared to Kubera’s joy upon attaining Kailāsa.