Shloka 113

Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

तयो: प्रीतो ददौ राजा पृथुर्वैन्य: प्रतापवान्‌ | अनूपदेशं सूताय मगधं मागधाय च,वेनके पुत्र प्रतापी राजा पृथुने उन दोनोंको प्रसन्न होकर पुरस्कार दिया। सूतको अनूप देश सागरतटवर्ती प्राप्त) और मागधको मगध देश प्रदान किया

Transliteration

tayoḥ prīto dadau rājā pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān | anūpadeśaṃ sūtāya magadhaṃ māgadhāya ca ||

Translation

Disse Bhīṣma: Satisfeito com ambos, o rei Pṛthu Vainya, poderoso em valor, concedeu recompensas—entregou ao Sūta a região costeira de Anūpa e ao Māgadha a terra de Magadha. O episódio ressalta o dharma do rei: reconhecer o serviço e atribuir territórios de modo a estabilizar os papéis sociais e a ordem política.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two / to those two (contextually)
• तयोः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, dual

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पृथुः: Pṛthu
• पृथुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वैन्यः: son/descendant of Vena
• वैन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैन्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अनूपदेशम्: the Anūpa country (marsh/coastal region)
• अनूपदेशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनूपदेश
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सूताय: to the Sūta
• सूताय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• मगधम्: the Magadha country
• मगधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मगध
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• मागधाय: to the Māgadha
• मागधाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागध
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King Prithu Vainya
• Vena
• Sūta
• Māgadha
• Anūpa (region)
• Magadha (kingdom)