Shloka 9

Adhyāya 11 — Maṇḍala-vicāra and Ṣāḍguṇya-prayoga

Circle-of-Kings Analysis and the Six Policies

Devanagari script

कि तु मद्गबचनाद्‌ ब्रूहि राजानं भरतर्षभ । यद्‌ यदिच्छसि यावच्च गृहतां मद्गृूहादिति

Transliteration

kiṃ tu mad-vacanād brūhi rājānaṃ bharatarṣabha | yad yad icchasi yāvac ca gṛhyatāṃ mad-gṛhād iti ||

Translation

కానీ నా మాటగా రాజు ధృతరాష్ట్రునితో చెప్పండి, ఓ భరతశ్రేష్ఠా—మీకు ఏది ఎంతమాత్రం కావాలనిపిస్తే, అది నా ఇంటి నుండి తీసుకోండి.

Word by Word

• किं: but/indeed (emphatic particle here)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्
• Form: interrogative particle

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: conjunction/particle

• मत्: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: gender: -, case: genitive, number: singular

• वचनात्: from (my) word / on my instruction
• वचनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: gender: neuter, case: ablative, number: singular

• ब्रूहि: tell / say
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: tense/mood: imperative, person: 2nd, number: singular

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: gender: masculine, case: accusative, number: singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: gender: masculine, case: vocative, number: singular

• यत्: whatever (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: gender: neuter, case: accusative, number: singular (correlative)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: gender: neuter, case: accusative, number: singular (repeated for emphasis)

• इच्छसि: you desire / want
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छति)
• Form: tense: present, person: 2nd, number: singular

• यावत्: as much as / to whatever extent
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्
• Form: quantifier (indeclinable)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• गृहाताम्: let them take / may (he/they) take
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (गृह्णाति)
• Form: tense/mood: imperative, person: 3rd, number: plural

• मत्: from me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: gender: -, case: genitive, number: singular

• गृहात्: from (my) house
• गृहात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: gender: neuter, case: ablative, number: singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: quotative particle

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bharatarṣabha (honorific addressee)
• house (gṛha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dāna and atithi-sevā—ethical generosity and hospitality—especially toward elders and those in vulnerable circumstances, offering resources without calculation and with respectful intent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a message to be conveyed to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra: he is invited to take from the speaker’s household whatever he needs and in whatever quantity, indicating support for the king during the forest-dwelling phase of the story.