Shloka 47

Devanagari script

दशान्यानि सहस््राणि यतीनामूर्थ्वरेतसाम्‌ । भुज्जते रुक्मपात्रीभिय्युधिष्ठिरनिवेशने,इसी प्रकार युधिष्ठिरके महलमें दूसरे दस हजार ऊर्ध्वरेता यति भी सोनेकी थालियोंमें भोजन करते हैं

Transliteration

daśānyāni sahasrāṇi yatīnām ūrdhvaretasām | bhuñjate rukmapātrībhiḥ yudhiṣṭhira-niveśane ||

Translation

اسی طرح یُدھِشٹھِر کے محل میں مزید دس ہزار اُردھوریتا یتی بھی سونے کے برتنوں میں کھانا کھاتے تھے۔

Word by Word

दशten

अन्यानिother

सहस्राणिthousands

यतीनाम्of ascetics

ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम्of those observing continence (lit. with upward semen)

भुञ्जतेthey eat/partake

रुक्मपात्रीभिःwith golden plates/vessels

युधिष्ठिरनिवेशनेin Yudhiṣṭhira's residence/palace

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

Yudhiṣṭhira

yatīs (ascetics)

ūrdhvaretas (celibate ascetics)

rukma-pātra (golden vessels/plates)

Yudhiṣṭhira’s residence/palace (niveśana)

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?

The verse highlights dharmic kingship expressed through large-scale hospitality and support of ascetics—feeding the disciplined and virtuous is portrayed as a visible sign of merit and righteous prosperity, even as it can provoke envy in rivals.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana is describing what he observes in Yudhiṣṭhira’s establishment: vast numbers of celibate renunciants are being served food in great splendor, using golden vessels—part of a broader depiction of Yudhiṣṭhira’s wealth, order, and prestige.