Shloka 115

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच पजञ्चमे5हनि षष्ठे वा शाकं पचति स्वे गृहे । अनृणी चाप्रवासी च स वारिचर मोदते

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | pañcame 'hani ṣaṣṭhe vā śākaṃ pacati sve gṛhe | anṛṇī cāpravāsī ca sa vāricara modate ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira đáp: “Hỡi Dạ-xoa ở dưới nước! Người nào không mắc nợ và không phải sống xa nhà—dẫu đến ngày thứ năm hay thứ sáu mới chỉ nấu chút rau đạm bạc trong chính mái nhà mình—người ấy mới thật sự hoan hỷ.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पञ्चमे: on the fifth (day)
• पञ्चमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अहनि: on the day
• अहनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षष्ठे: on the sixth (day)
• षष्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• शाकम्: greens/vegetables
• शाकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पचति: cooks
• Type: Verb
• Root: पच्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्वे: in his own
• स्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गृहे: in (his) house
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनृणी: free from debt
• अनृणी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृणिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अप्रवासी: not living abroad / not away from home
• अप्रवासी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रवासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वारिचर: O water-dweller (aquatic one)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारिचर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मोदते: rejoices / is happy
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Yakṣa (water-dwelling being)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True happiness is grounded in ethical and social stability—being free from debt and not forced to live away from one’s home—rather than in luxurious food or wealth; even simple fare becomes satisfying under such conditions.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Yakṣa-prashna episode of the Vana Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira answers the Yakṣa’s questions. Here he defines who is genuinely happy, addressing the Yakṣa as a ‘water-roamer’ and emphasizing debtlessness and being at home.