Shloka 15

Saṃśaptaka-Varūthinī Saṅgrāma — Binding and Counter-Binding (संशप्तक-वरूथिनी-संग्रामः)

Devanagari script

अन्यदस्मै वरं दद्यां कुडजराणां शतानि षट्‌ । काउ्चनैर्विविधैर्भाण्डैराच्छन्नान हेममालिन:

Transliteration

anyad asmai varaṁ dadyāṁ kuḍajarāṇāṁ śatāni ṣaṭ | kāñcanair vividhair bhāṇḍair ācchannān hemamālinaḥ ||

Translation

سنجے نے کہا— “میں اسے ایک اور عطیہ دوں گا—کُڈجر، یعنی گھڑے جیسے مضبوط برتنوں کے چھ سو؛ جو سونے کے طرح طرح کے ساز و سامان سے ڈھکے ہوں اور سونے کی مالاؤں سے آراستہ ہوں۔”

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• वरम्: a boon / gift
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दद्याम्: I would give
• दद्याम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुडजराणाम्: of elephants
• कुडजराणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुडजर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• षट्: six
• षट्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्
• Form: —, —, —

• काञ्चनैः: with golden
• काञ्चनैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भाण्डैः: vessels / utensils
• भाण्डैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• आच्छन्नान्: covered
• आच्छन्नान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-छद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• हेममालिनः: wearing garlands of gold
• हेममालिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेममालिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• boon (vara)
• gold (kāñcana/hema)
• vessels/containers (bhāṇḍa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the royal ethic of honoring and rewarding others through generous gifts—here expressed as an additional boon involving valuable, gold-adorned objects—reflecting how wealth and patronage function as instruments of status, obligation, and relationship in epic society.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describes an offer of an additional boon: a large quantity (six hundred) of vessels/containers, richly covered with diverse golden fittings and marked by golden garlands, emphasizing the splendor and magnitude of the gift.