Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यत्‌ कार्य मम युधष्माभिन्रह्मण: सदने तदा | प्रतिज्ञातं महाभागास्तच्छीघ्रं संविधीयताम्‌

Transliteration

yat kāryaṃ mama yudhiṣṭhirābhin brahmaṇaḥ sadane tadā | pratijñātaṃ mahābhāgās tac chīghraṃ saṃvidhīyatām ||

Translation

Vyāsa nói: “Hỡi các bậc cao quý, xin hãy lập tức thực hiện việc đã hứa với ta khi ấy trong nhà của vị Bà-la-môn—theo lời thỉnh cầu của Yudhiṣṭhira.”

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कार्यम्: task, duty, what is to be done
• कार्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Plural

• ब्राह्मणः: a brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदने: in the house/dwelling
• सदने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• प्रतिज्ञातम्: promised, vowed
• प्रतिज्ञातम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा (√ज्ञा)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• महाभागाः: O fortunate/noble ones
• महाभागाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र

• संविधीयताम्: let it be carried out/arranged
• संविधीयताम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √धा
• Form: Imperative, Passive, Third, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Brāhmaṇa (unnamed)
• sadana (dwelling/house)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharma as fidelity to one’s pledged word: a promise made in a solemn setting (in a Brāhmaṇa’s dwelling) must be fulfilled promptly and properly, especially when requested by a righteous leader like Yudhiṣṭhira.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa reminds the assembled noble persons that a specific task had earlier been promised to him—connected with Yudhiṣṭhira and made in a Brāhmaṇa’s house—and he now urges them to execute it immediately.