Shloka 189

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

अमोक्षयद्‌ यत्र चैन॑ प्रश्नानुक्त्वा युधिष्ठिर: । काम्यकागमन चैव पुनस्तेषां महात्मनाम्‌,धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने अजगर-वेशधारी नहुषके प्रश्नोंका उत्तर देकर भीमसेनको छुड़ा लिया। इसके बाद महानुभाव पाण्डव पुन: काम्यकवनमें आये

Transliteration

amokṣayad yatra caiva praśnān uktvā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | kāmyakāgamanam caiva punas teṣāṃ mahātmanām |

Translation

There, Yudhiṣṭhira, having answered the questions, secured the release (of his brother). Thereafter those great-souled men returned again to the Kāmyaka forest. The episode underscores that steadfast adherence to dharma—expressed through truthful, discerning speech and self-control—becomes the means of protection and deliverance even in peril.

Word by Word

अमोक्षयत्released, set free

यत्रwhere

चand

एनम्him

प्रश्नान्questions

उक्त्वाhaving said/answered

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

काम्यकागमनम्the coming to Kāmyaka (forest)

चand

एवindeed, just

पुनःagain

तेषाम्of them

महात्मनाम्of the great-souled (ones)

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kāmyaka forest

Pāṇḍavas (implied by 'teṣām mahātmanām')

Bhīmasena (from the accompanying narrative note)

Nahūṣa (Ajagara-veśa; from the accompanying narrative note)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes