Shloka 13

आह्वानमन्त्रप्रयोगः — Kuntī’s Invocations and the Birth-Portents of the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

ततस्तु वरयित्वा तामानीय भरतर्षभः । विवाहं कारयामास विदुरस्य महामते:,तब इन भरतश्रेष्ठने उसका वरण किया और उसे अपने यहाँ ले आकर उसके साथ परम बुद्धिमान्‌ विदुरजीका विवाह कर दिया

Transliteration

tatastu varayitvā tām ānīya bharatarṣabhaḥ | vivāhaṃ kārayāmāsa vidurasya mahāmateḥ ||

Translation

Darauf wählte der Stier unter den Bharatas sie aus, führte sie in seine eigene Wohnstatt und ließ für den großgesinnten Vidura die Eheschließung ordnungsgemäß vollziehen. Die Erzählung betont eine dharmische Verantwortungstat: einem Würdigen eine rechtmäßige, anerkannte Verbindung zu sichern und so Ordnung, Anstand und die rechte Hausstandspflicht zu wahren.

Word by Word

ततःthen/from thereupon

तुbut/indeed

वरयित्वाhaving chosen (as bride)

ताम्her

आनीयhaving brought

भरतर्षभःthe bull among the Bharatas (best of the Bharatas)

विवाहम्marriage

कारयामासcaused to be performed / had performed

विदुरस्यof Vidura / for Vidura

महामतेःof the great-minded (wise one)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vidura

Bharatarṣabha (epithet for a Bharata/Kuru noble)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 dharmic responsibility in arranging a proper marriage for a deserving person—upholding social and ritual propriety (vivāha-saṃskāra) and ensuring orderly household life.

What is happening in the narrative?

A leading Bharata/Kuru figure selects the woman, brings her, and formally has the marriage ceremony performed for Vidura, indicating an arranged and duly sanctioned union.