Shloka 10

पाण्डव-वृष्णि-समागमः तथा अश्वमेध-अनुज्ञा | Reunion at the Kuru Court and Authorization of the Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

तस्य कृष्णो ददौ हृष्टो बहुरत्नं विशेषतः । तथान्ये वृष्णिशार्दूला नाम चास्याकरोत्‌ प्रभु:

Transliteration

tasya kṛṣṇo dadau hṛṣṭo bahuratnaṃ viśeṣataḥ | tathānye vṛṣṇiśārdūlā nāma cāsyākarot prabhuḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Dengan hati yang girang, Kṛṣṇa mengurniakan kepadanya harta yang melimpah—terutama sekali permata-permata yang amat berharga. Demikian juga, tuan yang perkasa itu, bersama para wira keturunan Vṛṣṇi yang gagah laksana harimau, turut mengurniakan kepadanya sebuah nama, sebagai tanda kehormatan dan pengiktirafan.

Word by Word

तस्यof him/for him

कृष्णःKrishna

ददौgave

हृष्टःdelighted

बहुmuch, many

रत्नम्jewel/treasure

विशेषतःespecially

तथाthus; likewise

अन्येothers

वृष्णि-शार्दूलाःtigers among the Vrishnis (chief Vrishnis)

नामname (as a designation)

चand

अस्यfor him/of him

अकरोत्made; bestowed; conferred

प्रभुःthe lord/master

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Vṛṣṇis (Vṛṣṇi heroes)

bahuratna (jewels/treasures)

nāma (name/title bestowed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical ideal of honoring worthy persons through dāna (generous gifting) and public recognition. Material gifts (jewels) are paired with social acknowledgment (bestowing a name), showing that dharmic patronage includes both support and esteem.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa, pleased, gives abundant precious gifts to a person being honored, and that Kṛṣṇa together with leading Vṛṣṇi heroes also assigns him a name/title—an act of formal recognition and celebration.