Shloka 10

कुन्ती–व्याससंवादः

Kuntī–Vyāsa Dialogue on Durvāsā’s Boon and Karṇa’s Birth

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः स पृथिवीपाल: पाण्डवानां धुरंधर: । निर्ययाौ सहसोदर्य: सदारश्न नरर्षभ:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तब पाण्डव-धुरन्धर पृथ्वीपाल नरश्रेष्ठ युधिष्ठिर अपने भाइयों और स्त्रियोंक साथ नगरसे बाहर निकले

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca tataḥ sa pṛthivīpālaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ dhuraṃdharaḥ | niryayau sahasodaryaiḥ sadāraiś ca nararṣabhaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Daraufhin verließ Yudhiṣṭhira, der Herr der Erde, der vornehmste Träger der Last der Pāṇḍavas und der Beste unter den Männern, die Stadt, begleitet von seinen Brüdern und den Frauen seines Hauses.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/thereupon

सःhe

पृथिवीपालःking (protector of the earth)

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

धुरंधरःchief bearer of responsibility / foremost

निर्ययौwent out / departed

सहtogether with

सहसोदर्यैःwith (his) brothers

सदारैःwith (his) wives

नरर्षभःbull among men / best of men

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍavas

brothers (sodarya)

wives/women of the household (dārāḥ)

city (nagara)

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?

Even at moments of withdrawal or transition, a righteous leader acts with responsibility: he does not abandon dependents, but guides them in an orderly, duty-centered way. The verse highlights dharma as steadiness in role and obligation, not merely personal preference.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates to King Janamejaya that Yudhiṣṭhira—the king and chief support of the Pāṇḍavas—goes out from the city, accompanied by his brothers and the women of the household, marking a significant departure in the Ashramavāsika episode.