Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तथेत्युक्त्वा महाराज कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: । समन्तपज्चकं वीर: प्रायादभिमुख: प्रभु:,महाराज! तब “बहुत अच्छा”, कहकर वीर राजा कुन्तीपुत्र युधिष्ठिर समन्तपंचक तीर्थकी ओर चल दिये। उस समय अमर्षमें भरा हुआ तेजस्वी राजा दुर्योधन हाथमें विशाल गदा लेकर पाण्डवोंके साथ पैदल ही चला

Transliteration

tathety uktvā mahārāja kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | samantapañcakaṃ vīraḥ prāyād abhimukhaḥ prabhuḥ ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: «هكذا يكون.» ثم بعد أن قال ذلك، أيها الملك، انطلق يودهيشتيرا البطل، ابن كونتي، السيدُ الملك، متوجّهًا بوجهه نحو سمانتابانتشكا.

Word by Word

तथाthus, so

इतिthus (quotative)

उक्त्वाhaving said

महाराजO great king

कुन्तीपुत्रःKunti's son

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

समन्तपञ्चकम्Samantapanchaka (place/holy spot)

वीरःthe heroic one

प्रायात्went forth, departed

अभिमुखःfacing toward, heading toward

प्रभुःthe lord, the mighty one

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address mahārāja)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kuntī

Samantapañcaka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights decisive assent (“so be it”) followed by purposeful action: a ruler accepts the chosen course and proceeds without wavering. Ethically, it reflects steadiness in undertaking one’s duty amid an atmosphere shaped by conflict and accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that Yudhiṣṭhira, after agreeing, departs and heads toward Samantapañcaka. It marks a transition from speech/decision to movement toward a significant sacred-battle locale.