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Shloka 37

दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food

ते पञ्च रथमास्थाय भ्रातर: समलंकृता: । भूतानीव समस्तानि राजन्‌ ददृशिरे तदा

te pañca ratham āsthāya bhrātaraḥ samalaṅkṛtāḥ | bhūtānīva samastāni rājan dadṛśire tadā ||

ထို့နောက် အဝတ်အစားနှင့် အလှဆင်ပစ္စည်းများဖြင့် တင့်တယ်စွာ တန်ဆာဆင်ထားသော ညီအစ်ကိုငါးဦးသည် ရထားပေါ်သို့ တက်စီးကြ၏။ အို မင်းကြီး၊ ထိုအခါ သူတို့သည် ရုပ်ထင်ပေါ်လာသော မဟာဓာတ်ငါးပါးကဲ့သို့ မြင်ရပြီး—ညီညွတ်သော အင်အားနှင့် စနစ်တကျသော အာဏာ၏ ပုံရိပ်တစ်ရပ်ဖြစ်ကာ တရားသဖြင့် အုပ်ချုပ်ခြင်းနှင့် စည်းကမ်းတကျ ကျင့်ကြံခြင်းက ဓမ္မကို မြင်သာသော ရုပ်သဏ္ဌာန်ဖြစ်စေကြောင်းကို ညွှန်ပြသည်။

तेthose (they)
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
Karta
TypeNumeral
Rootपञ्चन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आस्थायhaving mounted/ascended
आस्थाय:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-स्था (स्था)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
भ्रातरःbrothers
भ्रातरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
समलङ्कृताःadorned, decorated
समलङ्कृताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ-लङ्कृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
भूतानिbeings; elements
भूतानि:
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
समस्तानिall, entire
समस्तानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootसमस्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
ददृशिरेappeared; were seen
ददृशिरे:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPerfect (लिट्), Third, Plural, Ātmanepada
तदाthen, at that time
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा

वैशम्पायन उवाच

T
the five brothers (Pāṇḍavas)
C
chariot
F
five great elements (pañca-mahābhūta)

Educational Q&A

The verse uses royal splendor as ethical symbolism: when rulers (and those fit to rule) are disciplined and properly ordered, their power appears elemental—stable, integrated, and publicly legible—implying that authority should manifest as harmony rather than mere force.

Vaishampayana describes the five brothers mounting a chariot, adorned in garments and ornaments, and being seen as resembling the five great elements—an elevated visual portrayal of their collective presence.