Shloka 231

धृतराष्ट्रस्य सत्कारः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Honored in the Post-war Court

Devanagari script

मैरेयकाणि मांसानि पानकानि लघूनि च । चित्रान्‌ भक्ष्यविकारांश्व चक्रुस्तस्य यथा पुरा

Transliteration

maireyakāṇi māṁsāni pānakāni laghūni ca | citrān bhakṣyavikārāṁś ca cakrus tasya yathā purā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Họ chuẩn bị cho ngài, như thuở trước, rượu nồng, các món thịt, những thứ đồ uống nhẹ, và đủ loại cao lương mỹ vị—như thể khơi lại nếp hưởng thụ vương giả xưa kia ngay giữa chốn thanh tu về sau này.

Word by Word

• मैरेयकाणि: fermented drinks (maireya-liquors)
• मैरेयकाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैरेयक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मांसानि: meats
• मांसानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पानकानि: drinks, beverages
• पानकानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• लघूनि: light (foods)
• लघूनि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लघु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• चित्रान्: various, diverse
• चित्रान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भक्ष्यविकारान्: preparations/varieties of edible foods
• भक्ष्यविकारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्यविकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• चक्रुः: they made, prepared
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: for him / of him
• तस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• maireya (intoxicating liquor)
• meat dishes
• beverages
• various delicacies

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the tension between past habits of royal indulgence and the later-life ideal of restraint; it implicitly raises an ethical question about whether one should recreate former pleasures when circumstances call for simplicity and detachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Ashramavāsika setting, attendants arrange food and drink for a central figure, preparing intoxicants, meat, and assorted delicacies in the same manner as earlier courtly life, suggesting a deliberate return to former modes of enjoyment.