Shloka 22

सभा-पर्व, अध्याय ६१ — द्रौपदी-प्रश्नः, सभाधर्मः, सत्यवचन-नियमः

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच अध्चांस्तित्तिरिकल्माषान्‌ गान्धर्वान्‌ हेममालिन: । ददौ चित्ररथस्तुष्टो यांस्तान्‌ गाण्डीवधन्चने

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Aśvān tittiri-kalmāṣān gāndharvān hema-mālinaḥ | Dadau Citrarathaḥ tuṣṭo yāṁs tān Gāṇḍīva-dhanvane ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira nói: “Gandharva Citraratha, lòng đầy hoan hỷ, đã ban chính những con ngựa ấy—mang vệt ‘tittiri’ và ‘kalmāṣa’—được trang sức bằng vòng hoa vàng, cho người cầm Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna).”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तित्तिरि-कल्माषान्: speckled like partridges (tittiri-spotted)
• तित्तिरि-कल्माषान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तित्तिरिकल्माष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गान्धर्वान्: Gandharva(-like), of Gandharvas
• गान्धर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गान्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हेम-मालिनः: garlanded with gold
• हेम-मालिनः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेममालिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• चित्ररथः: Citraratha
• चित्ररथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्ररथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुष्टः: pleased, satisfied
• तुष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यान्: which (those whom/that which)
• यान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गाण्डीव-धन्वने: to the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna)
• गाण्डीव-धन्वने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीवधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Citraratha
• Arjuna (Gāṇḍīva-dhanvan)
• Gandharvas
• horses
• Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• gold garlands (hema-mālā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reciprocity and honor: when one is pleased by another’s conduct or merit, one responds with a fitting gift. Such exchanges strengthen alliances and reflect a dharmic ideal of generosity and recognition of worth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira recounts that the Gandharva Citraratha, being pleased, gifted Arjuna (the bearer of the Gāṇḍīva) a set of distinguished, beautifully adorned horses with speckled/dappled markings.