Shloka 26

धृतराष्ट्रस्य सत्कारः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Honored in the Post-war Court

Devanagari script

एवं ते धर्मराजस्य श्रुत्वा वचनमर्थवत्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ te dharmarājasya śrutvā vacanam arthavat

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– «ထို့နောက် ဓမ္မရာဇ၏ အဓိပ္ပါယ်ပြည့်ဝသော စကားကို ကြားပြီးနောက်၊ သူတို့သည် ထိုအကြံဉာဏ်၏ အလေးချိန်ကို သိမြင်ကာ သင့်လျော်သလို ပြန်လည်တုံ့ပြန်ကြ၏»။

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• ते: they (those people)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: any, Nominative, Plural

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• वचनम्: speech, words, statement
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्थवत्: meaningful, significant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थवत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical value of attentive listening to dharma-grounded counsel: words that are arthavat (purposeful and weighty) should be received seriously, shaping subsequent action and response.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a transition: after Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) speaks meaningfully, the others—already in the scene—hear his statement, setting up their reaction and the next development in the Ashramavāsika episode.