Shloka 26
Devanagari script
पारिब्ह ददौ कृष्ण: पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् | स्त्रियो रत्नानि वासांसि पृथक् पृथगनेकश:
Transliteration
pāribhyaṃ dadau kṛṣṇaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | striyo ratnāni vāsāṃsi pṛthak pṛthag anekaśaḥ ||
Translation
ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ତାପରେ କୃଷ୍ଣ ମହାତ୍ମା ପାଣ୍ଡବମାନଙ୍କୁ ସମ୍ମାନ-ଉପହାର ଦେଲେ—ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ ସେବିକା, ରତ୍ନ ଓ ବସ୍ତ୍ର; ଅନେକ ପ୍ରକାରରେ, ପୃଥକ୍ ପୃଥକ୍ ଭାବେ ଯଥୋଚିତ ଭାବରେ।
Word by Word
पारिभद्रान्paribhadrā trees (coral trees)
पारिभद्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपारिभद्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
ददौgave
ददौ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular
कृष्णःKṛṣṇa
कृष्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पाण्डवानाम्to/for the Pāṇḍavas (of the Pāṇḍavas)
पाण्डवानाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
महात्मनाम्of the great-souled
महात्मनाम्:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
स्त्रियःwomen
स्त्रियः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
रत्नानिjewels
रत्नानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरत्न
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
वासांसिgarments
वासांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवासस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
पृथक्separately
पृथक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक्
पृथक्each separately
पृथक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक्
अनेकशःin many ways / in many (lots)
अनेकशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनेकशस्
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaK
KṛṣṇaP
PāṇḍavasW
women attendants (striyaḥ)J
jewels (ratnāni)G
garments (vāsāṃsi)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Honouring the worthy through appropriate, orderly generosity is part of dharma and royal conduct; gifts are not merely wealth-transfer but recognition of virtue and status.
The narrator reports that Kṛṣṇa presents the Pāṇḍavas with formal gifts of honour—women attendants, jewels, and garments—distributed individually and in abundance.