Shloka 34

Devanagari script

उत्तरां प्रतिगृह्नातु सव्यसाची धनंजय: । अयं हौपयिको भर्ता तस्या: पुरुषसत्तम:,“सव्यसाची धनंजय मेरी कन्या उत्तराको पत्नीरूपमें स्वीकार करें। ये नरश्रेष्ठ उसके लिये सर्वथा योग्य पति हैं!

Transliteration

uttarāṃ pratigṛhṇātu savyasācī dhanañjayaḥ | ayaṃ haupayiko bhartā tasyāḥ puruṣasattamaḥ ||

Translation

“ขอให้ธนัญชัย ผู้มีนามว่าสวยสาจี รับอุตตรา ธิดาของเราเป็นชายา บุรุษผู้ประเสริฐผู้นี้แลเป็นสวามีที่เหมาะสมแก่เธอโดยสิ้นเชิง”

Word by Word

• उत्तराम्: Uttarā (as object)
• उत्तराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरā
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिगृह्णातु: let (him) accept/receive
• प्रतिगृह्णातु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सव्यसाची: Savyasācī (ambidextrous archer; epithet of Arjuna)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हौपयिकः: suitable/fit/appropriate
• हौपयिकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हौपयिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भर्ता: husband
• भर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पुरुषसत्तमः: best of men
• पुरुषसत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Uttarā
• Arjuna (Savyasācī, Dhanañjaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic suitability in marriage: a spouse is to be chosen as a ‘haupayika’ (proper and fitting) partner, emphasizing social responsibility, protection, and honor rather than mere desire.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Virāṭa episode, a proposal is voiced that Arjuna (Dhanañjaya), renowned as Savyasācī, should accept Princess Uttarā as wife, presenting him as the most suitable husband for her.