Shloka 24

Devanagari script

उत्तर उवाच आर्या: पूज्याश्न मान्याश्न प्राप्तकालं च मे मतम्‌ | पूज्यन्तां पूजनाह्हाश्व महाभागाश्न पाण्डवा:,उत्तरने कहा--पिताजी! पाण्डवलोग महान्‌ सौभाग्यशाली हैं। ये सर्वथा श्रेष्ठ, पूजनीय और सम्मानके योग्य हैं। मेरी समझमें इनके सत्कारका हमें अवसर भी मिल गया है, अतः इन पूजनेयोग्य पाण्डवोंका आप अवश्य पूजन करें

Transliteration

Uttara uvāca— āryāḥ pūjyāś ca mānyāś ca prāptakālaṃ ca me matam | pūjyantāṃ pūjanārhāś ca mahābhāgāś ca pāṇḍavāḥ ||

Translation

ഉത്തരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—പിതാവേ, പാണ്ഡവർ മഹാഭാഗ്യശാലികൾ; സർവ്വഥാ ശ്രേഷ്ഠരും പൂജ്യരും മാന്യരുമാണ്. എന്റെ അഭിപ്രായത്തിൽ അവരെ യഥാവിധി സ്വീകരിച്ച് ആദരിക്കേണ്ട യുക്തകാലം ഇതാണ്; അതിനാൽ പൂജനാർഹരായ ആ പാണ്ഡവരെ നിങ്ങൾ നിർബന്ധമായി ബഹുമാനിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• {'uttara uvāca': 'Uttara said', 'āryāḥ': 'noble, honorable persons

• the refined and virtuous', 'pūjyāḥ': 'worthy of worship/reverence', 'mānyāḥ': 'worthy of respect

• to be honored', 'prāptakālam': 'the proper time has arrived

• timely occasion', 'me matam': 'my opinion

• my considered view', 'pūjyantām': 'let them be honored/worshipped (passive imperative)', 'pūjanārhāḥ': 'deserving of worship

• fit to be honored', 'mahābhāgāḥ': 'highly fortunate

• great-souled', 'pāṇḍavāḥ': 'the sons of Pāṇḍu (the Pāṇḍavas)'}

Speaker

उत्तर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttara
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharmic conduct through timely hospitality and reverence: truly noble people should be honored, and when the proper occasion arises one should not delay in offering respect and welcome.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttara urges his father (the king) to honor the Pāṇḍavas, declaring them noble and deserving of worship, and stating that the appropriate moment has come to receive and respect them.