Shloka 35

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

Devanagari script

क्षमा दमश्न सत्यं च अहिंसा च युधिष्छिर । अद्भुतश्न पुनर्लोकस्त्वयि राजन्‌ प्रतिष्ठित:,“राजा युधिष्ठिर! क्षमा, इन्द्रियसंयम, सत्य, अहिंसा तथा अद्भुत लोक--ये सब तुममें प्रतिष्ठित हैं

Transliteration

kṣamā damaś ca satyaṃ ca ahiṃsā ca yudhiṣṭhira | adbhutaś ca punar lokas tvayi rājan pratiṣṭhitaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Yudhiṣṭhira, O king—patience (forbearance), self-restraint, truthfulness, and non-violence are firmly established in you; and, moreover, a wondrous moral world seems to stand supported upon you.”

Word by Word

• {'kṣamā': 'forbearance

• the capacity to endure without retaliation', 'dama': 'self-control

• restraint of the senses and impulses', 'satya': 'truth

• fidelity to what is real and right', 'ahiṃsā': 'non-violence

• non-injury in thought, word, and deed', 'yudhiṣṭhira': 'Yudhiṣṭhira, eldest Pāṇḍava

• exemplar of dharma', 'rājan': 'O king (vocative address)', 'adbhuta': 'wondrous

• marvelous', 'loka': 'world

• the sphere of human life and values', 'punar': 'again

• further', 'tvayi': 'in you

• upon you (locative)', 'pratiṣṭhitaḥ': 'established

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the kingly ideal of dharma: a ruler’s greatness rests on inner virtues—patience, self-restraint, truthfulness, and non-violence—so that the moral order of society is stabilized through his character.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva’s pre-war setting, Vaiśampāyana highlights Yudhiṣṭhira’s ethical stature, portraying him as a support of righteousness at a time when the world is moving toward conflict.