Shloka 31

Adhyāya 33: Antarvedī-Samāgama, Arghya-Nirṇaya, and Śiśupāla’s Objection

Devanagari script

सर्वकामाश्च कार्यन्तां रसगन्धसमन्विता: । मनोरथप्रीतिकरा द्विजानां कुरुसत्तम

Transliteration

sarvakāmāś ca kāryantāṃ rasagandhasamanvitāḥ | manorathaprītikarā dvijānāṃ kurusattama ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi bậc ưu tú của nhà Kuru, hãy cho chuẩn bị đủ mọi món ăn—đậm đà hương vị, ngát thơm mùi hương—để thỏa lòng hàng ‘nhị sinh’ và đem lại cho họ niềm mãn nguyện.”

Word by Word

• सर्वकामाः: all desired (foods/things)
• सर्वकामाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• कार्यन्ताम्: let (them) be prepared / let (them) be made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Passive

• रसगन्धसमन्विताः: endowed with taste and fragrance
• रसगन्धसमन्विताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रसगन्धसमन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मनोरथप्रीतिकराः: giving satisfaction according to desire
• मनोरथप्रीतिकराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरथप्रीतिकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्विजानाम्: of the Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कुरुसत्तम: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuru-sattama (addressed Kuru noble/king)
• Dvijas (Brahmins)
• Foods/dainties (rasagandha-samanvita)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a kingly duty of dharma: honoring and supporting Brahmins/ritual guests through generous, well-prepared offerings that genuinely meet their needs and wishes, not merely token gifts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates an instruction to a Kuru leader to arrange a wide variety of fragrant, tasty foods—items people commonly desire—so that the dvijas are pleased and their expectations for hospitality are fulfilled.