Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तमथाश्वासयन्‌ सर्वे ब्राह्मणा भ्रातृभि: सह | अथ धौम्योडब्रवीद्‌ वाक्यं महार्थ नृपतिं तदा

Transliteration

tam athāśvāsayan sarve brāhmaṇā bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | atha dhaumyo 'bravīd vākyam mahārthaṃ nṛpatiṃ tadā ||

Translation

तमथाश्वासयन् सर्वे ब्राह्मणा भ्रातृभिः सह । अथ धौम्योऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं महार्थं नृपतिं तदा ॥

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आश्वासयन्: comforted / reassured
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्वस् (caus.)
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भ्रातृभिः: with (his) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• धौम्यः: Dhaumya
• धौम्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वाक्यम्: speech / words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्-अर्थम्: of great import
• महत्-अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् + अर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नृपतिम्: to the king
• नृपतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• brāhmaṇas
• brothers (bhrātaraḥ)
• Dhaumya
• king (Yudhiṣṭhira implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In moments of distress, righteous leadership is sustained by wise counsel and the steadying support of the learned; profound instruction (mahārtha) is offered not merely to inform, but to restore dharmic clarity and resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the king is shaken, the brāhmaṇas and his brothers reassure him; then the sage Dhaumya begins a serious, meaningful address to the king (contextually Yudhiṣṭhira), setting up a moral or strategic counsel that follows.