Shloka 13

Devanagari script

नान्वबुध्यत तद्‌ राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर:

Transliteration

nānvabudhyata tad rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Translation

বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে— “সেই সময় কুন্তীপুত্ৰ ৰজা যুধিষ্ঠিৰে সেই সংকেত সম্পূৰ্ণকৈ বুজি নাপালে।”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अन्वबुध्यत: understood, realized
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√बुध्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुन्तीपुत्रः: Kunti's son
• कुन्तीपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kuntī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a righteous king like Yudhiṣṭhira can be clouded by grief and ethical burden; dharma is not merely knowing rules but sustaining clarity of judgment amid sorrow and complex duties.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that Yudhiṣṭhira, addressed by his royal and familial epithets, fails to grasp a particular point or implication at that moment, indicating confusion or inability to read the unfolding situation in the Āśramavāsika context.