Shloka 17

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तो भरतश्रेष्ठ धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिर: । कृत्वा5<र्यसमयं सर्व प्रतस्थे भ्रातृभि: सह,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--भरतश्रेष्ठ! राजा धृतराष्ट्रके इस प्रकार कहनेपर धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर पूज्यवर धृतराष्ट्रकरे आदेशको स्वीकार करके भाइयोंके सहित वहाँसे विदा हो गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ity ukto bharataśreṣṭha dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | kṛtvāryasamayaṃ sarvaṃ pratasthe bhrātṛbhiḥ saha ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O best of the Bharatas! Thus addressed, Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira—having duly accepted and fulfilled the respectful understanding owed to the venerable elder—departed from there together with his brothers.”

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been addressed / spoken to

भरतश्रेष्ठःbest of the Bharatas

धर्मराजःDharma-king (Yudhiṣṭhira)

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

कृत्वाhaving done / having made

आर्यसमयम्proper/elderly decorum; due observance

सर्वम्entirely; all

प्रतस्थेset out; departed

भ्रातृभिःwith (his) brothers

सहtogether with

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bharatas

Pāṇḍava brothers

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes