Shloka 14

जयद्रथविमोचन–पलायनवृत्तान्तः

Recovery of Draupadī and Jayadratha’s flight

Devanagari script

प्रीत्या चाहं प्रयच्छामि हिरण्यं यावदिच्छसि । समेत्य रुक्मिणा कर्ण: पाण्ड्यंशैलं च सोडगमत्‌

Transliteration

prītyā cāhaṃ prayacchāmi hiraṇyaṃ yāvad icchasi | sametya rukmiṇā karṇaḥ pāṇḍyaṃśailaṃ ca soḍagamat |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：“出于善意，我愿随你所求，赠你足量黄金。”与鲁克弥会合之后，迦尔那遂启程，抵达般荼耶之山。

Word by Word

• प्रीत्या: with affection / gladly
• प्रीत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• प्रयच्छामि: I give / I bestow
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यावत्: as much as / as long as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्

• इच्छसि: you desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समेत्य: having met / having come together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + इ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• रुक्मिणा: with Rukmin
• रुक्मिणा: Sahakari
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्ड्यंशैलम्: the Pāṇḍya mountain
• पाण्ड्यंशैलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्ड्य + शैल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उडगमत्: went up / set out / departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + गम्
• Form: Aorist (लुङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rukmī
• Karṇa
• Pāṇḍyaśaila (Pāṇḍya mountain)
• hiraṇya (gold)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dāna offered with prīti (goodwill): generosity is not merely transactional but can create bonds, obligations, and alliances that influence later actions and outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker offers to give as much gold as desired; then Karṇa, having joined with Rukmī, proceeds onward and reaches the Pāṇḍya mountain, marking a movement tied to companionship and resource support.