Shloka 32

दमयन्त्याः व्याकुलता — स्वयंवरसंनिपातः — देवदूतयाचनम्

Damayantī’s Distress, Proclamation of the Svayaṃvara, and the Gods’ Request

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच प्रतिगृह्नामि ते वाचमिमां सत्यां जनार्दन,युधिष्ठिर बोले--जनार्दन! मैं आपकी सत्य वाणीको शिरोधार्य करता हूँ

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | pratigṛhṇāmi te vācam imāṃ satyāṃ janārdana |

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „O Janārdana, ich nehme dein wahrhaftiges Wort an und halte daran fest.“

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• प्रतिगृह्णामि: I accept/receive
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: Present, First, Singular

• ते: your/of you
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वाचम्: speech/words
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सत्याम्: true
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्दन: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truthful counsel (satya-vākya) is to be received with humility and treated as ethically binding; accepting truth is itself an act of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira responds to Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa), affirming that he accepts Kṛṣṇa’s truthful words—signaling agreement and readiness to align his conduct with that guidance.