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Shloka 16

Arjuna’s Account of Tapas and the Kirāta Test; Revelation of Maheśvara and the Grant of the Pāśupata-Astra

यथा जिष्णुर्महेन्द्रस्य यथा वायोरव॑कोदर: । धर्मस्य त्वं यथा तात योगोत्पन्नो निज: सुत:,तात युधिष्ठिर! जैसे अर्जुन देवराज इन्द्रके, भीमसेन वायुदेवके और तुम धर्मराजके योगबलसे उत्पन्न किये हुए निजी पुत्र होनेके कारण उनके द्वारा रक्षणीय हो तथा ये दोनों आत्मबलसम्पन्न नकुल-सहदेव जैसे दोनों अश्विनीकुमारोंसे उत्पन्न होनेके कारण उनके पालनीय हैं, उसी प्रकार यहाँ मेरे लिये भी तुम सब लोग रक्षणीय हो

yathā jiṣṇur mahendrasya yathā vāyor avakodaraḥ | dharmasya tvaṃ yathā tāta yogotpanno nijaḥ sutaḥ |

Dhanada (Kubera) nói: “Như Jiṣṇu (Arjuna) được Mahendra (Indra) che chở, như Avakodara (Bhīma) được Vāyu bảo hộ, thì cũng vậy, hỡi con yêu—Yudhiṣṭhira—ngươi là con đích thực của Dharma, sinh ra bởi uy lực yoga, nên được Ngài bảo vệ. Còn hai huynh đệ mạnh mẽ này, Nakula và Sahadeva, vì sinh từ đôi Aśvin, nên được các Ngài chăm nom. Bởi thế, tại đây, tất cả các ngươi cũng sẽ được ta bảo hộ.”

यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
जिष्णुःArjuna (the victorious one)
जिष्णुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजिष्णु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महेन्द्रस्यof Mahendra (great Indra)
महेन्द्रस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootमहेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
वायोःof Vāyu (wind-god)
वायोः:
TypeNoun
Rootवायु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अवकोदरःBhīma (one with a wolf-like belly; epithet)
अवकोदरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअवकोदर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मस्यof Dharma (Dharmarāja)
धर्मस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
तातdear son / dear one
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
योगोत्पन्नःborn through yoga (yogic power)
योगोत्पन्नः:
TypeAdjective
Rootयोगोत्पन्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निजःone's own
निजः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनिज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुतःson
सुतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तातdear son / dear one
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

धनद उवाच

D
Dhanada (Kubera)
J
Jiṣṇu (Arjuna)
M
Mahendra (Indra)
V
Vāyu
A
Avakodara (Bhīma)
D
Dharma (Dharmarāja/Yama)
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
N
Nakula
S
Sahadeva
A
Aśvinīkumāras (the Aśvins)

Educational Q&A

The verse emphasizes dharmic guardianship: those who are connected by rightful lineage and duty—especially divine parentage—are ‘to be protected’ by their protectors. It frames protection not as favor but as obligation grounded in Dharma and kinship.

Dhanada (Kubera) addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and the Pāṇḍavas, recalling each brother’s divine paternity—Indra for Arjuna, Vāyu for Bhīma, Dharma for Yudhiṣṭhira, and the Aśvins for Nakula and Sahadeva—and declares that, in the same spirit of rightful protection, he too will protect them here.