Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तु पार्थेन कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तदा । मुहूर्तमनुसंचिन्त्य धर्मराजानमब्रवीत्‌,कुन्तीकुमार युधिष्ठिरके इस प्रकार कहनेपर श्रीकृष्णद्वैपायन व्यासने दो घड़ीतक सोच-विचारकर धर्मराजसे कहा--

Transliteration

evam uktas tu pārthena kṛṣṇadvaipāyanas tadā | muhūrtam anusañcintya dharmarājānam abravīt ||

Translation

So von Pārtha angesprochen, hielt Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) einen Augenblick inne und sann sorgfältig nach. Dann sprach er zu Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira—ein Zeichen dafür, dass die folgende Antwort abgewogen, verantwortungsvoll und im Einklang mit dem Dharma sein würde, nicht aus impulsiver Regung.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

तुbut/indeed

पार्थेनby Partha (Arjuna)

कृष्णद्वैपायनःKrishna-Dvaipayana (Vyasa)

तदाthen

मुहूर्तम्for a moment

अनुसंचिन्त्यhaving reflected

धर्मराजानम्to Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana Vyāsa

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical discipline of pausing to reflect before advising or deciding. Vyāsa’s brief contemplation models dharmic counsel: speech should arise from considered judgment, not haste.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Arjuna addresses Vyāsa, Vyāsa takes a moment to think and then begins speaking to Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja). The scene sets up a serious instruction or guidance to the king.