Shloka 1

Chapter 15: Counsel on Initiative vs. Renunciation in the Rajasuya Project (सभापर्व, अध्याय १५)

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ५६ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ७५३ श्लोक हैं) नशा (0) आस अत+- पञ्चदशो<् ध्याय: जरासंधके विषयमें राजा युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | uktaṃ tvayā buddhimatā yan nānyo vaktum arhati | saṃśayānāṃ hi nirmoktā tvannānyo vidyate bhuvi ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O Kṛṣṇa, you are supremely wise. What you have spoken is something no one else is fit to say. Indeed, on this earth there is none other than you who can truly free us from doubts.”

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उक्तम्: spoken/said (that which was said)
• उक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• बुद्धिमता: by the wise one / by (you) who are intelligent
• बुद्धिमता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• अन्यः: another (person)
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वक्तुम्: to speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → वक्तुम् (तुमुन्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Infinitive

• अर्हति: is able/fit/deserves
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संशयानाम्: of doubts
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)

• निर्मोक्ता: remover/deliverer (one who frees)
• निर्मोक्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्मोक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; कर्तृवाचक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वत्: than you / from you
• त्वत्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• अन्यः: another (person)
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) (अर्थे: सत्तायाम्) / √विद् → विद्-यते
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• भुवि: on earth/in the world
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True guidance in dharma requires a trustworthy, discerning counselor; Yudhiṣṭhira acknowledges Kṛṣṇa as uniquely capable of resolving moral and strategic uncertainty.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the opening of the chapter on Jarāsandha, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Kṛṣṇa, affirming his unmatched wisdom and asking, in effect, for clarity and direction amid doubts.