Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 8 Shloka 10 - Mahabharata | Tamil | Vedapath

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Shloka 10

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

Devanagari script

कूृपाश्न विविधाकारा मनोहर्षविवर्धना: । वाप्यश्न विविधाकारा औदकानि गृहाणि च

Transliteration

kūpāś ca vividhākārā manoharṣa-vivardhanāḥ | vāpyāś ca vividhākārā audakāni gṛhāṇi ca ||

Translation

பலவகை கிணறுகள் அமைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தன; அவை மன மகிழ்ச்சியை வளர்த்தன. பலவித வடிவங்களான குளங்களும் செய்யப்பட்டிருந்தன; மேலும் நீருக்கான சிறப்பு வசதியுடன் வீடுகளும் ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்டிருந்தன.

Word by Word

कूपाःwells

चand

विविधाकाराःof various forms

मनःहर्षविवर्धनाःincreasing the joy of the mind

वाप्यःponds/reservoirs

चand

विविधाकाराःof various forms

औदकानिhaving water / water-supplied

गृहाणिhouses

चand

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

wells (kūpāḥ)

ponds/reservoirs (vāpyāḥ)

houses with water facilities (audakāni gṛhāṇi)

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?

The verse highlights a dharmic ideal of governance: ensuring accessible water through wells, ponds, and household water arrangements. Such public works are portrayed as joy-giving and ethically meritorious, expressing care for travelers and residents alike.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes preparations and arrangements being made—specifically the construction of varied wells and ponds and the provision of water-equipped dwellings—indicating organized, welfare-oriented infrastructure in the setting being narrated.