Shloka 10

द्रौपदी-प्राप्तिः, कुन्त्याः वाक्यप्रमादः, भ्रातृ-एक्यनिर्णयः

Draupadī’s Arrival, Kuntī’s Unintended Utterance, and the Decision for Fraternal Unity

Devanagari script

स हि वेदार्थतत्त्वज्ञस्तेषां गुरुकुदारधी: । तेन धर्मविदा पार्था याज्या धर्मविद: कृता:,उदारबुद्धि धौम्य वेदार्थके तत्त्वज्ञ थे, वे पाण्डवोंके गुरु हुए। उन धर्मज्ञ मुनिने धर्मज्ञ कुन्तीकुमारोंकोी अपना यजमान बना लिया

Transliteration

sa hi vedārtha-tattvajñas teṣāṁ guruḥ kṛta-dhīḥ | tena dharmavidā pārthā yājyā dharmavidaḥ kṛtāḥ ||

Translation

毗耶娑波耶那说道：因为他洞悉吠陀真义与其根本原则，胸襟高远；故此，那位通达法（dharma）的牟尼成了他们的师长。而昆蒂之子——诸帕尔塔，本亦明晓法度——被他收为祭主（yajamāna，主持并资助祭祀者）。

Word by Word

सःhe

हिindeed/for

वेदार्थतत्त्वज्ञःknower of the true meaning of the Vedas

तेषाम्of them (the Pandavas)

गुरुःteacher/guru

उदारधीःof noble intellect

तेनby him/with him

धर्मविदाby the knower of dharma

पार्थाःthe sons of Pritha (Pandavas)

याज्याःfit to be made sacrificers / to be officiated for

धर्मविदःknowers of dharma

कृताःwere made/became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas / sons of Kuntī)

Vedas

Dharma

Yajamāna (sacrificial patron)

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?

True authority in dharma is grounded in Vedic understanding and ethical discernment; such a teacher rightly guides worthy students, and righteous rulers support sacred duties by becoming yajamānas for proper rites.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that a Veda-knowing, noble-minded sage becomes the preceptor of the Pāṇḍavas, and he formally accepts them as patrons for sacrificial rites, establishing a relationship of instruction and dharmic responsibility.