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Shloka 10

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization

स्थाता न: समये तस्मिन्‌ धृतराष्ट्र इति प्रभो । नाहास्म समयं कृष्ण तद्धि नो ब्राह्मणा विदु:,प्रभो! हम तो यही समझकर कि धुृतराष्ट्र अपनी प्रतिज्ञापर स्थिर रहेंगे, उन्हींकी आज्ञासे बारह वर्ष वनमें रहे और एक वर्ष अज्ञातवास किया। श्रीकृष्ण! हमने अपनी प्रतिज्ञा भंग नहीं की है; इस बातको हमारे साथ रहनेवाले सभी ब्राह्मण जानते हैं

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | sthātā naḥ samaye tasmin dhṛtarāṣṭra iti prabho | nāhāsmā samayaṃ kṛṣṇa taddhi no brāhmaṇā viduḥ |

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „O Herr, wir durchlebten jene festgesetzte Frist in der Überzeugung, dass Dhṛtarāṣṭra zu seinem gegebenen Wort stehen werde. Auf seinen Befehl wohnten wir zwölf Jahre im Wald und verbrachten danach ein Jahr in Verborgenheit. O Kṛṣṇa, wir haben die Abmachung nicht verletzt—das ist den Brāhmaṇas bekannt, die mit uns lebten.“

स्थाताwill stand / will remain
स्थाता:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formलृट् (simple future), 3, singular, parasmaipada
नःfor us / to us / our
नः:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, genitive/dative (enclitic), plural
समयेat the time / in the agreed time
समये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमय
Formmasculine, locative, singular
तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, locative, singular
धृतराष्ट्रःDhṛtarāṣṭra
धृतराष्ट्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधृतराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
इतिthus / as (saying)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
प्रभोO lord
प्रभो:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अहindeed / surely (emphatic particle)
अह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअह (अव्यय)
अस्मwe
अस्म:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, nominative, plural
समयम्agreement / pledge / stipulated term
समयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसमय
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
कृष्णO Kṛṣṇa
कृष्ण:
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
हिindeed / for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
नःof us / our
नः:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, genitive, plural
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
विदुःknow
विदुः:
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), 3, plural, parasmaipada
प्रभोO lord
प्रभो:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
K
Kṛṣṇa
B
Brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

The verse emphasizes fidelity to a pledged agreement (samaya) as a central element of dharma: Yudhiṣṭhira asserts that the Pāṇḍavas fulfilled the stipulated exile exactly and did not breach their vow, grounding moral legitimacy in truthfulness and verifiable conduct.

In the Udyoga Parva, as negotiations and preparations for war intensify, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Kṛṣṇa to reaffirm that the Pāṇḍavas completed the twelve-year forest exile and the subsequent year of concealment in reliance on Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s pledged word, and that witnesses (brāhmaṇas who stayed with them) can attest to their compliance.