Shloka 5

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Post-Accession Settlements and Approach to Vāsudeva (युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्यस्थापनं वासुदेवाभिगमनं च)

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणानां सहस्नं च स्‍नातकानां महात्मनाम्‌ । सहस्र॑ निष्कमेकैकं दापयामास पाण्डव:

Transliteration

brāhmaṇānāṁ sahasraṁ ca snātakānāṁ mahātmanām | sahasraṁ niṣkam ekaikaṁ dāpayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ | tat paścāt sahasroṁ mahāmanā snātaka-brāhmaṇeṣu pratyekaṁ pāṇuputra yudhiṣṭhirena eka-ekaṁ sahasraṁ suvarṇa-mudrāḥ dāpitāḥ |

Translation

پھر دھرم کے مطابق سخاوت میں مشغول پانڈو (یُدھِشٹھِر) نے تعلیم و دیक्षा مکمل کر چکے عالی ہمت سْناتک برہمنوں میں سے ایک ہزار کو، ہر ایک کو ایک ایک ہزار نِشک (سونے کے سکے) دلوائے۔

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• स्नातकानाम्: of the स्नातक-s (graduates/ritually bathed Brahmins)
• स्नातकानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नातक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• महात्मनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निष्कम्: a gold coin (niṣka)
• निष्कम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्क
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकैकम्: one each (to each individual)
• एकैकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकैक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दापयामास: caused (them) to give / had (it) given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍavas
• Brāhmaṇas
• Snātakas
• Niṣka (gold coin/ornament)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dāna as a royal duty: wealth should be redistributed in a dharmic way, especially to the learned and disciplined (snātaka Brāhmaṇas), as part of restoring ethical order after upheaval.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira arranges a large-scale gift: a thousand snātaka Brāhmaṇas each receive a thousand niṣkas (gold coins), reflecting his commitment to righteous governance and post-war reconciliation through lawful generosity.