Mahabharata — Vana Parva, Shloka 11
Devanagari script
वरं वृणीष्व राजेन्द्र दाता हास्मि तवानघ । ये हि मे पुरुषा भक्ता न तेषामस्ति दुर्गति:
Transliteration
varaṁ vṛṇīṣva rājendra dātā hāsmi tavānagha | ye hi me puruṣā bhaktā na teṣām asti durgatiḥ ||
Translation
ยักษ์กล่าวว่า “โอ้ราชาเอก โอ้ผู้ไร้มลทิน จงเลือกพรตามปรารถนา เราเป็นผู้ให้และพร้อมจะประทานแก่เจ้า เพราะผู้ที่ภักดีต่อเรา ย่อมไม่ตกสู่ความวิบัติเลย”
Word by Word
वरम्boon
वरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वृणीष्वchoose (you)
वृणीष्व:
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (वृणोति/वृणीते)
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada
राजेन्द्रO king of kings
राजेन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootराजेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
दाताgiver
दाता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदातृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हindeed
ह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, First, Singular
तवof you/your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
अनघO sinless one
अनघ:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनघ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
मेof me/my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
पुरुषाःmen/persons
पुरुषाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
भक्ताःdevoted (devotees)
भक्ताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootभक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
अस्तिthere is
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
दुर्गतिःmisfortune/bad end
दुर्गतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्गति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
यक्ष उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YakṣaR
Rājendra (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in the Yakṣa-prashna episode)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
Devotion (bhakti) to a worthy divine power is presented as a safeguard against moral and existential downfall (durgati), and divine favor is framed as responsive to the devotee’s right choice (vara-vṛṇīṣva).
In the Yakṣa–Yudhiṣṭhira encounter, after testing the king through questions, the Yakṣa offers him a boon and assures him that those devoted to the Yakṣa do not meet a ruinous fate.