Shloka 25

दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food

Devanagari script

सुह्ृदामस्मदादीनां द्रौपद्याश्व॒ परंतप । कुरु प्रियममित्रध्न लोकस्य च हितं कुरु

Transliteration

suhṛdām asmad-ādīnāṁ draupadyāś ca parantapa | kuru priyaṁ amitradhn lokasya ca hitaṁ kuru ||

Translation

风神说道：“噢，焚灼仇敌者，噢，诛灭敌寇者——当以能取悦我们这些至交与德劳帕蒂的方式行事。行那为正法所喜之事，并将自身奉献于天下苍生的福祉。”

Word by Word

• सुहृदाम्: of friends/well-wishers
• सुहृदाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अस्मदादीनाम्: of us and others (beginning with us)
• अस्मदादीनाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् + आदि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• द्रौपद्याः: of Draupadī
• द्रौपद्याः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

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

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कुरु: do / make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रियम्: what is pleasing / a favor
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अमित्रध्न: O slayer of enemies
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्रघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• लोकस्य: of the world/people
• लोकस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• हितम्: welfare / benefit
• हितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुरु: do / accomplish
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Draupadī
• the well-wishers (suhṛt)
• the world/people (loka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s strength should be guided by dharma: he should act to please righteous well-wishers and, beyond private loyalties, commit himself to loka-hita—actions that secure the welfare of all.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses a heroic king, urging him to heed the counsel of well-intentioned allies and to act in a way that benefits Draupadī and the wider world, framing personal duty within broader public responsibility.