Shloka 13

एकचक्रानिवासे ब्राह्मणगृहदुःखश्रवणम् | Hearing the Brāhmaṇa Household’s Distress at Ekacakrā

Devanagari script

वयमेतदनिच्छन्त: सर्व एव पुरोत्तमात्‌ | गृहान्‌ विहाय गच्छामो यत्र गन्ता युधिष्ठिर:,“हमलोग यह नहीं चाहते, इसलिये हम सब घर-द्वार छोड़कर इस उत्तम नगरीसे वहीं चलेंगे, जहाँ युधिष्ठिर जा रहे हैं!

Transliteration

vayam etad anicchantaḥ sarva eva purottamāt | gṛhān vihāya gacchāmo yatra gantā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Since none of us desire this, we will all abandon our homes and leave this excellent city, going wherever Yudhiṣṭhira is going.”

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनिच्छन्तः: not desiring
• अनिच्छन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिच्छत् (न + इच्छत्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुरोत्तमात्: from the best city
• पुरोत्तमात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• गृहान्: houses/homes
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विहाय: having left/abandoning
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + हा
• Form: Gerund (Absolutive), —, —

• गच्छामः: we go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, 1st, Plural

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• गन्ता: will go / is going (goer)
• गन्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्तृ (गम् + तृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• purottama (the excellent city)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical solidarity: when a righteous leader faces hardship, companions choose shared sacrifice over comfort, valuing loyalty and dharma above attachment to home and status.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reports a collective decision: unwilling to accept the present situation, they resolve to leave the city and their homes and follow Yudhiṣṭhira wherever he is headed.