Shloka 3

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Public Request for Consent to Enter the Forest (अनुज्ञा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

कारयित्वान्नपानानि यानान्याच्छादनानि च । सुवर्णमणिरत्नानि दासीदासमजाविकम्‌

Transliteration

kārayitvānnapānāni yānānyācchādanāni ca | suvarṇamaṇiratnāni dāsīdāsamajāvikaṁ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Họ đã sắp đặt lương thực và nước uống, cùng xe cộ và đồ che phủ; lại gom cả vàng, ngọc và châu báu—kèm theo tỳ nữ, gia nhân nam, và đàn dê cừu—tất thảy được chuẩn bị như những vật hiến tặng và nhu yếu theo bổn phận.

Word by Word

• कारयित्वा: having caused (to be done/made)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कारय् (caus. of कृ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भावार्थ (gerundial)

• अन्नपानानि: food and drink
• अन्नपानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्नपान (अन्न + पान)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• यानानि: vehicles, conveyances
• यानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• आच्छादनानि: coverings, garments
• आच्छादनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आच्छादन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• सुवर्णमणिरत्नानि: gold, gems, and jewels
• सुवर्णमणिरत्नानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्णमणिरत्न (सुवर्ण + मणि + रत्न)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• दासीदासम्: female and male servants
• दासीदासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासीदास (दासी + दास)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अजाविकम्: goats and sheep (livestock)
• अजाविकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजाविक (अज + आविक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• food and drink (anna-pāna)
• conveyances (yāna)
• coverings/garments (ācchādana)
• gold (suvarṇa)
• gems and precious stones (maṇi, ratna)
• female servants (dāsī)
• male servants (dāsa)
• goats (aja)
• sheep (āvika)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic stewardship: wealth and resources (food, transport, clothing, valuables, and livestock) are to be organized for rightful purposes—supporting duty, dependents, and hospitality—especially when life is moving toward austerity and withdrawal.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator lists the items that were arranged—provisions, conveyances, coverings, valuables, servants, and livestock—indicating a deliberate preparation of material support or gifts as part of the unfolding events in the Āśramavāsika context.