Shloka 11

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 44 — Post-War Reassignment of Residences and Restorative Consolation (शान्तिपर्व अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

नकुलाय वरार्हाय कर्शिताय महावने । ददौ प्रीतो महाराज धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर:

Transliteration

nakulāya varārhāya karśitāya mahāvane | dadau prīto mahārāja dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

Disse Vaiśampāyana: Ó rei, Yudhiṣṭhira, filho do Dharma, muito satisfeito, concedeu a Nakula—consumido pelas agruras da grande floresta e digno de receber uma dádiva—a esplêndida residência que pertencera a Durmarṣaṇa. O gesto reflete a ética de Yudhiṣṭhira: honrar a resistência e o mérito com recompensa generosa e justa.

Word by Word

• नकुलाय: to Nakula
• नकुलाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वरार्हाय: worthy of a boon
• वरार्हाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरार्ह
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• कर्शिताय: wearied/afflicted
• कर्शिताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्शित
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• महावने: in the great forest
• महावने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महावन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराजः: the great king
• महाराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मपुत्रः: Dharma's son
• धर्मपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)
• Nakula
• Durmarṣaṇa
• Mahāvana (the great forest)
• Bhavana (residence/palace)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler guided by dharma recognizes hardship borne with integrity and responds with appropriate generosity; rightful reward is framed as an ethical duty, not mere favor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira, pleased, grants Nakula—who suffered in the great forest—a splendid residence associated with Durmarṣaṇa, marking an act of honor and recompense.