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Shloka 34

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproof and Vow-Logic: On Dice-Deception, Exile Terms, and the Governance of Anger

Adhyāya 35

अथवानडुहे राजन्‌ साधवे साधुवाहिने | सौहित्यदानादेतस्मादेनस: प्रतिमुच्यते,राजन्‌! अथवा अच्छी तरह बोझ ढोनेवाले उत्तम बैलको भरपेट भोजन दे देनेपर इस पापसे आपको छुटकारा मिल सकता है

athavā naḍuhe rājan sādhave sādhuvāhine | sauhityadānād etasmād enasaḥ pratimucyate rājan ||

Bhīmasena nói: “Hoặc nữa, tâu Đại vương—chỉ cần ban cho một con bò đực tốt, hiền lành và quen gánh vác nặng nhọc, một bữa ăn no đủ—thì ngài có thể được giải khỏi tội này. Sự nuôi dưỡng bằng lòng nhân ấy chính là một phép sám hối.”

अथवाor else; alternatively
अथवा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथवा
अनडुहेto the bull/ox
अनडुहे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअनडुह्
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
साधवेto the good (one)
साधवे:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootसाधु
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
साधु-वाहिनेto the good carrier/draught-animal
साधु-वाहिने:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootसाधु-वाहिन्
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
सौहित्य-दानात्from giving satiety/full feeding
सौहित्य-दानात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसौहित्य-दान
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
एतस्मात्from this
एतस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
एनसःfrom sin
एनसः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootएनस्
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
प्रतिमुच्यतेis released; is freed
प्रतिमुच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति√मुच्
FormPresent, Indicative, Passive, Third, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीमसेन उवाच

B
Bhīmasena
K
King (rājan)
O
Ox (naḍuha)

Educational Q&A

A wrong can be lightened through compassionate, restorative giving: feeding a hardworking, gentle draught-ox to full satiety is presented as a practical act of expiation that counters sin by directly supporting a worthy, burden-bearing creature.

Bhīmasena addresses a king and proposes an alternative means of atonement: instead of other remedies, the king can be freed from the stated offence by offering generous nourishment to a good, load-bearing ox—an ethical gesture emphasizing care for those who serve through labor.