Shloka 16

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच ददानीत्येव भगवानुत्तरं प्रत्यपद्यत । भूयश्चाश्वासयामास कौन्तेयं सत्यविक्रमम्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | dadānīty eva bhagavān uttaraṃ pratyapadyata | bhūyaś cāśvāsayām āsa kaunteyaṃ satyavikramam ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच—ददानीत्येव भगवानुत्तरं प्रत्यपद्यत । भूयश्चाश्वासयामास कौन्तेयं सत्यविक्रमम् ॥

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ददानीति: “(I) give,” thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ददामि इति

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत्तरम्: answer/reply
• उत्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards/in response to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• अपद्यत: resorted to/uttered (as a reply)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पद्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• भूयः: again/further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

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

• आश्वासयामास: comforted/reassured
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्वस्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• कौन्तेयम्: the son of Kuntī (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• कौन्तेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सत्यविक्रमम्: of true valor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhagavān Dharma (Dharmarāja)
• Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Kuntī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous authority is expressed not only by granting what is deserved but also by steadying the virtuous through reassurance; truth-based courage (satyavikrama) is upheld as an ethical ideal.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lord Dharma responds affirmatively to a request—“I grant (it)”—and then again consoles and encourages Yudhiṣṭhira (Kaunteya), reinforcing his confidence and dharmic resolve.