Shloka 10

धृतराष्ट्र-सत्कारः तथा श्राद्ध-दाने नियमनम् | Honoring Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Regulating Śrāddha-Gifts

Devanagari script

ततस्ते सहिता: पञ्च भ्रातर: पाण्डुनन्दना:

Transliteration

tatas te sahitāḥ pañca bhrātaraḥ pāṇḍu-nandanāḥ | viparīta-kṛśna me śatrur niyamya kṛśna bhaven naraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Then the five brothers, the sons of Pāṇḍu, remained united. King Yudhiṣṭhira, compassionate by nature, would repeatedly tell his brothers and ministers—ever calm and pleased in demeanor—“This King Dhṛtarāṣṭra is worthy of honor for me and for all of you. Whoever lives in obedience to his command is my well-wisher; whoever acts contrary is my enemy and will incur my punishment.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सहिताः: together, united
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्च

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• पाण्डु-नन्दनाः: sons of Pandu
• पाण्डु-नन्दनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुनन्दन
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• विपरीत-आचरन्: acting contrariwise
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपरीताचरन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• मे: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• शत्रुः: enemy
• शत्रुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नियम्य: having restrained/controlled
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-यम्
• Form: absolutive (gerund)

• भवेत्: would be / should become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: optative (vidhilin), 3rd, singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• brothers
• ministers

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Yudhiṣṭhira frames dharma in terms of disciplined loyalty and reverence toward an elder-king: honoring Dhṛtarāṣṭra and following his lawful command is treated as ethical friendship, while deliberate opposition is treated as enmity deserving royal correction (daṇḍa).

What is happening in the narrative?

After the events leading into Āśramavāsika, the Pāṇḍava brothers are described as acting in unity. Yudhiṣṭhira instructs his brothers and ministers to regard Dhṛtarāṣṭra as venerable and to remain under his direction, establishing a code of conduct for the court.