Mahabharata — Svargarohana Parva, Shloka 15
Devanagari script
वाहनानि च देयानि हया मत्ताश्ष वारणा: । शयनं शिबिकाश्रैव स्यन्दनाश्च स्वलंकृता:
Transliteration
vāhanāni ca deyāni hayā mattāś ca vāraṇāḥ | śayanaṃ śibikāś caiva syandanāś ca suvalaṅkṛtāḥ ||
Translation
毗舍波耶那说道：“当以车乘为施：骏马与发情的雄象；又施床榻与肩舆，并施装饰华美的战车。”
Word by Word
वाहनानिvehicles, conveyances
वाहनानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवाहन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
देयानिto be given, should be given
देयानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootदेय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
हयाःhorses
हयाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मत्ताःintoxicated, in rut (excited)
मत्ताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
वारणाःelephants
वारणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवारण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शयनम्bed, couch
शयनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशयन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
शिबिकाःpalanquins, litters
शिबिकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिबिका
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed, also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
स्यन्दनाःchariots
स्यन्दनाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्यन्दन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
स्वलङ्कृताःwell-adorned
स्वलङ्कृताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-लङ्कृत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaV
vāhana (vehicles)H
haya (horses)V
vāraṇa (elephants)Ś
śayana (bed)Ś
śibikā (palanquin)S
syandana (chariot)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches dāna as dharma: one should give away valuable and socially significant possessions—means of transport and comfort—signaling detachment from wealth and concern for others’ welfare.
Vaiśaṃpāyana lists items prescribed for gifting—horses, elephants, beds, palanquins, and decorated chariots—within the Svargārohaṇa context, where conduct and merit are emphasized as the epic moves toward its concluding moral reckoning.