Shloka 38

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

Devanagari script

आस्थाय तु रथं शु्र॑ युक्तमश्वैर्मनोजवै: । अन्वयात्‌ पृष्ठतो राजन युयुत्सु: पाण्डवाग्रजम्‌

Transliteration

āsthāya tu rathaṁ śubhraṁ yuktam aśvair manojavaiḥ | anvayāt pṛṣṭhato rājan yuyutsuḥ pāṇḍavāgrajam ||

Translation

ହେ ନରେଶ୍ୱର! ମନ ସମ ବେଗଶାଳୀ ଘୋଡ଼ାମାନେ ଯୋଡ଼ାଯାଇଥିବା ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ୱଳ ଶୁଭ୍ର ରଥରେ ଆରୋହଣ କରି ଯୁୟୁତ୍ସୁ ଜ୍ୟେଷ୍ଠ ପାଣ୍ଡବ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିରଙ୍କ ପଛେ ପଛେ ଚାଲିଲେ।

Word by Word

• आस्थाय: having mounted / having taken position on
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु √स्था)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शुभ्रम्: white / bright
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युक्तम्: yoked / harnessed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (√युज्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अश्वैः: with horses
• अश्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मनोजवैः: swift as the mind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोजव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अन्वयात्: followed / went after
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-या (धातु √या)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पृष्ठतः: from behind / behind
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतस्

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• युयुत्सुः: Yuyutsu
• युयुत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवाग्रजम्: the elder brother of the Pandavas (Yudhishthira)
• पाण्डवाग्रजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवाग्रज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yuyutsu
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍavas
• chariot (ratha)
• horses (aśva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic ideal of loyal, disciplined support to a righteous leader—service rendered through orderly conduct and steadfast companionship rather than self-assertion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yuyutsu mounts a bright chariot drawn by very swift horses and proceeds behind Yudhiṣṭhira, indicating that he is accompanying and following the eldest Pāṇḍava as events move forward in the Śānti Parva.