Shloka 4

गूढपाण्डवदर्शनम् — The Hidden Pāṇḍavas and Kṛṣṇa’s Visit

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच आगतानेकचक्राया: सोदर्यानेकचारिण: । भवन्तो वै विजानन्तु सह मात्रा द्विजर्षभा:,युधिष्ठटिर बोले--विप्रवरो! आपलोगोंको मालूम हो कि हमलोग एक साथ विचरनेवाले सहोदर भाई हैं और अपनी माताके साथ एकचक्रा नगरीसे आ रहे हैं

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: āgatānekacakrāyāḥ sodaryānekacāriṇaḥ | bhavanto vai vijānantu saha mātrā dvijarṣabhāḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „O Beste der Brahmanen, wisset: Wir sind leibliche Brüder, von einem Vater und einer Mutter, die gemeinsam umherziehen; und wir sind mit unserer Mutter aus der Stadt Ekacakrā hierher gekommen.“

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

आगताःhaving come / arrived

एकचक्रायाःfrom (the city) Ekacakrā

सोदर्याःuterine / born of the same mother

एकचारिणःmoving together / living together

भवन्तःyou (honorific, plural)

वैindeed

विजानन्तुlet (them/you) know / understand

सहtogether with

मात्राwith (our) mother

द्विजर्षभाःO best of Brahmins

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

dvijarṣabha (Brahmin addressee)

Ekacakrā

mother of the brothers (Kuntī, implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic self-presentation: Yudhiṣṭhira speaks truthfully, respectfully addresses a Brahmin, and clarifies kinship and guardianship (brothers together with their mother), reflecting ethical conduct in vulnerable circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira introduces himself and his companions to a Brahmin, stating that they are brothers traveling together and that they have arrived from the city of Ekacakrā with their mother—setting the context for their life in concealment and interaction with local Brahmins.