Shloka 15

Virāṭanagara-nivāsa-nirṇaya

Decision to Reside in Virāṭa’s City

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच श्रुतमेतन्‍न्महाबाहो यथा स भगवान्‌ प्रभु: । अब्रवीत्‌ सर्वभूतेशस्तत्‌ तथा न तदन्यथा,युधिष्ठिरने कहा--महाबाहो! तुम्हारी यह बात मैंने ध्यानसे सुनी है। सम्पूर्ण भूतोंके अधीश्वर और प्रभावशाली भगवान्‌ धर्मने हमारे लिये जैसा आदेश दिया है, वह सब वैसा ही होगा। उसके विपरीत कुछ नहीं होगा

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca śrutam etan mahābāho yathā sa bhagavān prabhuḥ | abravīt sarvabhūteśas tat tathā na tad anyathā ||

Translation

যুধিষ্ঠিৰে ক’লে— মহাবাহো! তোমাৰ কথাখিনি মই মনোযোগেৰে শুনিলোঁ। সকলো ভূতৰ অধীশ্বৰ আৰু প্ৰভাৱশালী ভগৱান ধৰ্মে আমাৰ বাবে যেনেকৈ ঘোষণা কৰিছে, তেনেকৈয়ে হ’ব; অন্যথা নহ’ব।

Word by Word

• {'yudhiṣṭhira uvāca': 'Yudhiṣṭhira said', 'śrutam': 'heard

• listened to', 'etan': 'this (statement/matter)', 'mahābāho': 'O mighty-armed one (a respectful address to a hero)', 'yathā': 'as

• in the manner that', 'sa': 'he

• that one', 'bhagavān': 'the venerable Lord

• the divine one', 'prabhuḥ': 'master

• powerful ruler', 'abravīt': 'said

• declared', 'sarvabhūteśaḥ': 'lord of all beings', 'tat': 'that (declaration/command)', 'tathā': 'so

• exactly so', 'na': 'not', 'anyathā': 'otherwise

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dharma (as Bhagavān, Sarvabhūteśa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadfast adherence to dharma: when a righteous, authoritative injunction is received (here attributed to Dharma as lord of beings), one should commit to it without wavering—“so it shall be, not otherwise.”

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira responds to a companion, affirming that he has heard the counsel and that whatever directive Dharma has laid down for their welfare will be followed exactly, with no deviation.