Shloka 19

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

Devanagari script

परिचारैर्गुणैश्वेव प्रश्रयेण दमेन च । सर्वकामक्रियाभिश्न सर्वेषां तुष्टिमादथे,सावित्रीने सेवा, गुण, विनय, संयम और सबके मनके अनुसार कार्य करनेसे सभीको प्रसन्न कर लिया

Transliteration

paricārair guṇaiś caiva praśrayena damena ca | sarvakāmakriyābhiś ca sarveṣāṁ tuṣṭim ādadhe ||

Translation

Dyumatsena nói: “Nhờ phụng sự tận tâm, nhờ phẩm hạnh, nhờ khiêm cung và tự chế—lại biết hành xử sao cho hợp với mong muốn và nhu cầu của mọi người—nàng đã khiến tất cả đều hài lòng.”

Word by Word

परिचारैःby services/attendances

गुणैःby virtues/qualities

चand

एवindeed/just

प्रश्रयेणby humility/deference

दमेनby self-control/restraint

चand

सर्वकामक्रियाभिःby acts that fulfill all desires (i.e., by doing everything as wished)

सर्वेषाम्of all (people)

तुष्टिम्satisfaction/pleasure

आदधेshe obtained/secured/produced

Speaker

इुमत्सेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dyumatsena

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Lasting goodwill is earned through dharmic conduct: steady service, cultivated virtues, humility in behavior, and disciplined self-restraint, along with sensitivity to others’ legitimate needs.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dyumatsena describes how a woman (contextually, Sāvitrī) conducted herself in the household/community—serving attentively and behaving with humility and restraint—so that everyone around her became pleased and satisfied.