Shloka 14

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरस्य पुरुषा: केउत्र चक्र: सभा इमा: | आनीयमन्तां सभाकारा: प्रदेयार्हा हि मे मता:,'युधिष्ठिरके किन आदमियोंने ये सभाभवन बनाये हैं। उन सबको बुलाओ। मैं उन्हें पुरस्कार देनेके योग्य मानता हूँ

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhirasya puruṣāḥ ke 'tra cakruḥ sabhā imāḥ | ānīyamantāṁ sabhākārāḥ pradeyārhā hi me matāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Những người nào của Yudhiṣṭhira đã dựng nên hội đường này? Hãy đưa các thợ dựng hội đường đến trước ta; theo phán đoán của ta, họ quả thật xứng đáng được ban thưởng.”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरस्यof Yudhiṣṭhira

पुरुषाःmen, persons

केwhich/who (plural)

उतindeed/and/or (particle)

चक्रुःmade, constructed

सभाम्assembly-hall

इमाम्this

आनीयन्ताम्let (them) be brought

सभाकाराःhall-builders, makers of the assembly-hall

प्रदेयार्हाःworthy of being given (a reward), deserving of gifts

हिindeed, for

मेof me, my

मताःconsidered, deemed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

sabhā (assembly hall)

sabhākārāḥ (hall-builders)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a ruler’s ethical duty to recognize skilled service and repay it appropriately—rewarding merit and labor is presented as a just and grateful act aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker asks who among Yudhiṣṭhira’s men constructed the assembly hall and orders that the builders be summoned, declaring them worthy of receiving rewards.