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:,महाराज! धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठिरने अत्यन्त प्रसन्न होकर महान्‌ वनमें कष्ट उठाये हुए, वर पानेके अधिकारी नकुलको दुर्मर्षणका वह सुन्दर भवन प्रदान किया

Transliteration

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

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच— नकुलाय वरार्हाय कर्शिताय महावने । ददौ प्रीतो महाराज धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

Word by Word

नकुलायto Nakula

वरार्हायworthy of a boon

कर्शितायwearied/afflicted

महावनेin the great forest

ददौgave

प्रीतःpleased

महाराजःthe great king

धर्मपुत्रःDharma's son

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)

Nakula

Durmarṣaṇa

Mahāvana (the great forest)

Bhavana (residence/palace)

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

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.