Shloka 20

अश्वमेध-उपदेशः तथा मरुत्त-यज्ञ-धन-प्रसङ्गः

Counsel on Aśvamedha and the Marutta-treasure episode

Devanagari script

कोशश्चापि विशीर्णो<5यं परिपूर्णो भविष्यति । विद्यते द्रविणं पार्थ गिरो हिमवति स्थितम्‌

Transliteration

kośaś cāpi viśīrṇo ’yaṃ paripūrṇo bhaviṣyati | vidyate draviṇaṃ pārtha giro himavati sthitam ||

Translation

Юдхиштхира сказал: «Хотя наша казна ныне истощена, вскоре она вновь наполнится. О Партха, в Гималаях хранится богатство. Ступай и принеси тот клад; его будет достаточно для нашего дела».

Word by Word

• कोशः: treasury
• कोशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• विशीर्णः: scattered; emptied; fallen apart
• विशीर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-शीर्ण (√शॄ/√शॄण्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिपूर्णः: completely full
• परिपूर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-पूर्ण (√पॄ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will become / will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विद्यते: exists; is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (सत्तायाम्) / √विद् (to exist)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada

• द्रविणम्: wealth; treasure
• द्रविणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गिरौ: on the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हिमवति: in/at Himavat (the Himalaya)
• हिमवति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्थितम्: placed; lying; situated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (√स्था)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Himavat (Himālaya mountains)
• Kośa (treasury)
• Draviṇa (wealth/treasure)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when resources appear exhausted, a righteous ruler should not fall into despair; prudent action and knowledge of lawful means can restore prosperity, especially when wealth is connected to prior sacrificial giving and meant to support dharmic aims.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira reassures Arjuna that the emptied royal treasury will soon be replenished and directs him to retrieve a store of wealth said to be lying in the Himālaya, to meet the needs of the ongoing royal-sacrificial context.