Shloka 15

Yakṣa-saṃvāda: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Interrogation at the Guarded Water

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वान्‌ समानाय्य द्विजानाश्रमवासिन: । यथाविधि समुद्वाहं कारयामासतुर्न॒पौ,तदनन्तर उस आश्रममें रहनेवाले सभी ब्राह्मणोंको बुलाकर दोनों राजाओंने सत्यवान्‌- सावित्रीका विवाह-संस्कार विधिवत्‌ सम्पन्न कराया

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvān samānāyya dvijān āśramavāsinaḥ | yathāvidhi samudvāhaṃ kārayāmāsatur nṛpau ||

Translation

Bấy giờ, hai vị vua cho triệu tập tất cả các Bà-la-môn “nhị sinh” đang cư trú trong đạo tràng; rồi theo đúng nghi lễ, các ngài cử hành hôn lễ, trang nghiêm kết duyên Satyavān và Sāvitrī theo phép tắc thiêng liêng và bổn phận xã hội.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समानाय्य: having called together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), having summoned/assembled

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आश्रमवासिनः: residents of the hermitage
• आश्रमवासिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रमवासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यथाविधि: according to rule/ritual
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + विधि
• Form: Avyaya

• समुद्वाहम्: the marriage rite
• समुद्वाहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्वाह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कारयामासतुः: they two caused (it) to be performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (णिच्)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Causative, 3rd person, Dual, Parasmaipada

• नृपौ: the two kings
• नृपौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

इुमत्सेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dyumatsena
• two kings (nṛpau)
• Brahmins (dvijāḥ)
• āśrama (hermitage)
• Satyavān
• Sāvitrī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharma through proper observance of prescribed rites: even in an ascetic forest setting, social and sacred obligations—here, marriage—are fulfilled by gathering qualified Brahmins and performing the ceremony according to vidhi (scriptural rule).

What is happening in the narrative?

Dyumatsena narrates that all the Brahmins living in the hermitage were summoned, and the two kings arranged for Satyavān and Sāvitrī’s wedding to be solemnized properly through the traditional marriage ritual.