Shloka 413

Devanagari script

धर्मराजस्य तद्‌ वाक्‍्यं नाभिशड्कितुमह्सि । “जिसके लिये आपने शस्त्र उठाया, जिसके जीवनकी अभिलाषा रखकर आप जी रहे हैं, वह तो आज पीछे समरभूमिमें गिरकर चिरनिद्रामें सो रहा है और आपको इसकी सूचनातक नहीं दी गयी। धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरके उस कथनपर तो आपको संदेह या अविश्वास नहीं करना चाहिये"

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dharmarājasya tad vākyaṃ nābhiśaṅkitum arhasi |

Translation

Sanjaya said: You ought not to doubt that statement of Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira). In the moral economy of the epic, Yudhishthira’s word is treated as a benchmark of truthfulness; therefore, when he reports the fall of the one for whose sake you took up arms and for whose life you have been living, his testimony should be accepted without suspicion.

Word by Word

धर्मराजस्यof Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

तत्that

वाक्यम्statement, speech

नnot

अभिशङ्कितुम्to suspect, to doubt

उत्सहसेyou are able / you dare

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes