Shloka 15

Ghaṭotkaca’s Conveyance to Badarī and Entry into the Nara-Nārāyaṇa Āśrama (घटोत्कच-वाहनम्; नरनारायणाश्रम-प्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच तथा लालप्यमाने तु धर्मराजे युधिष्ठिरे । धौम्यप्रभृतय: सर्वे तत्राजम्मुद्धिजोत्तमा:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर जब इस प्रकार विलाप कर रहे थे, उसी समय धौम्य आदि समस्त श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण भी वहाँ आ पहुँचे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca tathā lālapyamāne tu dharmarāje yudhiṣṭhire | dhaumyaprabhṛtayaḥ sarve tatrājamam buddhijottamāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: O Janamejaya, while Dharma-rāja Yudhiṣṭhira was lamenting in this manner, all the foremost Brahmins—beginning with Dhaumya—arrived there, men of excellent understanding.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

तथाthus, in that manner

लालप्यमानेwhile (he was) lamenting / wailing

तुbut, indeed

धर्मराजेin/when Dharmarāja

युधिष्ठिरेin/when Yudhiṣṭhira

धौम्यDhaumya

प्रभृतयःand others (beginning with)

सर्वेall

तत्रthere

आजग्मुःcame, arrived

द्विजोत्तमाःbest of the twice-born (brahmins)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharma-rāja)

Dhaumya

Brahmins (ṛtviks/learned priests, collectively)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that when a dharma-oriented leader is overwhelmed by sorrow, the timely arrival of wise and learned counselors (Brahmins like Dhaumya) serves as moral and intellectual support, helping restore steadiness and right judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Yudhiṣṭhira laments, Dhaumya and other eminent Brahmins arrive at the spot. The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports this to King Janamejaya, continuing the framed storytelling of the Mahābhārata.