Shloka 16

Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

यतीनामगृहाणां ते तथैव गृहमेधिनाम्‌ । दीयते भोजन राजन्नतीवगुणवत्‌ प्रभो,शक्तिशाली महाराज! उन दिनों प्रतिदिन यतियों, ब्रह्मचारियों और गृहस्थ ब्राह्मणोंको भी अत्यन्त गुणकारी भोजन अर्पित किया जाता था

Transliteration

yatīnām agṛhāṇāṁ te tathaiva gṛhamedhinām | dīyate bhojanaṁ rājann atīvaguṇavat prabho ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Tâu Đại vương, cho những vị khổ hạnh không lập gia thất, và cũng cho các gia chủ, người ta đã ban phát thức ăn có phẩm chất tuyệt hảo, thưa bậc chúa tể.”

Word by Word

यतीनाम्of ascetics

अगृहाणाम्of the houseless (brahmacārins/renunciants)

तेto them

तथाlikewise

एवindeed/just

गृहमेधिनाम्of householders

दीयतेis given/was given

भोजनम्food/meal

राजन्O king

अतीवexceedingly

गुणवत्excellent/virtuous (rich in qualities)

प्रभोO lord

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

King (rājan)

yatī-s (ascetics/renunciants)

agṛha-s (non-householders)

gṛhamedhin-s (householders)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous rule expresses itself through steady, impartial generosity: providing wholesome sustenance to both renunciants (who live without household ties) and householders, thereby upholding ashrama-based social dharma and cultivating merit through dāna.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a setting of orderly prosperity where excellent food is regularly distributed—an image of a well-governed realm or well-maintained community in which ascetics and householders are properly supported and honoured.