Shloka 13

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर महाप्राज्ञ सर्वशास्त्रविशारद । शृणुष्व वचन तात धर्म्य स्वरग्य च जल्पत:,“सम्पूर्ण शास्त्रोंके निपुण विद्वान, महाज्ञानी तात युधिष्ठिर! मैं तुम्हें धर्मके अनुकूल तथा स्वर्गकी प्राप्ति करानेवाली एक बात बता रहा हूँ, तुम मेरे उस वचनको सुनो

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira mahāprājña sarvaśāstraviśārada | śṛṇuṣva vacana tāta dharmyaṃ svargyaṃ ca jalpataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Yudhiṣṭhira, great in wisdom and well-versed in all the śāstras, dear child—listen to my words. I shall tell you a counsel that accords with dharma and leads to heaven; hear it as I speak.”

Word by Word

• {'yudhiṣṭhira': 'Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava

• exemplar of dharma)', 'mahāprājña': 'greatly wise, of profound understanding', 'sarva-śāstra-viśārada': 'skilled/learned in all treatises (law, ethics, sacred learning)', 'śṛṇuṣva': 'listen (imperative, 2nd person singular)', 'vacana': 'speech, statement, counsel', 'tāta': 'dear child

• affectionate address', 'dharmyam': 'in accordance with dharma

• righteous', 'svargyam': 'leading to heaven

• conducive to heavenly merit', 'ca': 'and', 'jalpataḥ': 'of one speaking

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira