Shloka 10

अर्हणनिर्णयः

Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly

Devanagari script

तां तु लक्ष्मीवतो लक्ष्मीं तदा यज्ञविधानजाम्‌ | तुतोष नारद: पश्यन्‌ धर्मराजस्य धीमत:

Transliteration

tāṃ tu lakṣmīvato lakṣmīṃ tadā yajñavidhānajām | tutoṣa nāradaḥ paśyan dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ paramabuddhimān rājalakṣmīsampannam dharmarājam yudhiṣṭhiram ||

Translation

见到那位有福之王的辉煌——由正当祭仪之法所生的昌盛——天仙圣者那罗陀（Devarṣi Nārada）大为欢喜；他凝望着睿智的法王由提湿提罗，见其具足王者之福与至高明辨。

Word by Word

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• लक्ष्मीवतः: of the prosperous one
• लक्ष्मीवतः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लक्ष्मीम्: splendor/fortune
• लक्ष्मीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• यज्ञविधानजाम्: born of sacrificial procedure/ritual ordinance
• यज्ञविधानजाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञविधानजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तुतोष: was pleased/rejoiced
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Śatṛ (present active participle)

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धीमतः: of the wise one
• धीमतः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nārada
• Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira
• Lakṣmī (prosperity/royal fortune)
• Yajña (sacrificial rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity becomes truly praiseworthy when it arises from dharmic conduct—here symbolized by wealth and splendour grounded in properly ordered yajña and righteous kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Devarṣi Nārada, observing Yudhiṣṭhira’s wise rule and the royal prosperity connected with correct sacrificial observances, feels great delight and approval.