Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पाण्डवा ऊचु. तथेत्युक्त्वाब्रुवन्‌ सर्वे यथा नो वदसेडनघ । त्वं पितृव्य: पितृसमो वयं च त्वत्परायणा:

Transliteration

Pāṇḍavā ūcuḥ: tathety uktvābruvan sarve yathā no vadasy anagha | tvaṃ pitṛvyaḥ pitṛsamo vayaṃ ca tvat-parāyaṇāḥ ||

Translation

Die Pāṇḍavas sprachen: „So sei es.“ Und nachdem sie zugestimmt hatten, sagten sie alle erneut: „O Tadelloser, was immer du uns sagst—welchen Befehl du auch gibst—wir werden es als bindend annehmen. Du bist unser Oheim väterlicherseits, einem Vater gleich; und wir Brüder suchen bei dir Zuflucht und verlassen uns auf deine Führung.“

Word by Word

• {'Pāṇḍavāḥ': 'the sons of Pāṇḍu

• the Pāṇḍava brothers', 'ūcuḥ': 'said

• spoke', 'tathā iti': '‘so’

• an assent—‘so be it’', 'uktvā': 'having said', 'abruvan': 'they spoke

• they said (again)', 'sarve': 'all (of them)', 'yathā': 'as

• in whatever manner', 'naḥ': 'to us

• our', 'vadasi': 'you say

• you instruct', 'anagha': 'O blameless one

• faultless (vocative)', 'tvam': 'you', 'pitṛvyaḥ': 'paternal uncle (father’s brother)', 'pitṛ-samaḥ': 'equal to a father', 'vayam': 'we', 'ca': 'and', 'tvat-parāyaṇāḥ': 'having you as our sole resort

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍavāḥ
• Vidura

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharmic humility and the proper honoring of elders: the Pāṇḍavas treat Vidura’s guidance as authoritative, acknowledging him as ‘equal to a father’ and making his counsel their refuge.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sabha Parva context, the Pāṇḍavas respond to Vidura’s words with assent and reaffirm their willingness to follow his instructions, explicitly grounding their obedience in kinship (paternal-uncle-as-father) and trust in his moral judgment.