Shloka 26

Devanagari script

पारिब्ह ददौ कृष्ण: पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्‌ | स्त्रियो रत्नानि वासांसि पृथक्‌ पृथगनेकश:

Transliteration

pāribhyaṃ dadau kṛṣṇaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | striyo ratnāni vāsāṃsi pṛthak pṛthag anekaśaḥ ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—అప్పుడు కృష్ణుడు మహాత్ములైన పాండవులకు గౌరవ బహుమతులు ప్రసాదించాడు—స్త్రీ సేవికలు, రత్నాలు, వస్త్రాలు; అనేక రకాలుగా, ఒక్కొక్కటిగా యథావిధిగా పంచాడు.

Word by Word

पारिभद्रान्paribhadrā trees (coral trees)

ददौgave

कृष्णःKṛṣṇa

पाण्डवानाम्to/for the Pāṇḍavas (of the Pāṇḍavas)

महात्मनाम्of the great-souled

स्त्रियःwomen

रत्नानिjewels

वासांसिgarments

पृथक्separately

पृथक्each separately

अनेकशःin many ways / in many (lots)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Pāṇḍavas

women attendants (striyaḥ)

jewels (ratnāni)

garments (vāsāṃsi)

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?

Honouring the worthy through appropriate, orderly generosity is part of dharma and royal conduct; gifts are not merely wealth-transfer but recognition of virtue and status.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that Kṛṣṇa presents the Pāṇḍavas with formal gifts of honour—women attendants, jewels, and garments—distributed individually and in abundance.