Shloka 323

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy

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Devanagari script

करिष्यामि हि तत्‌ सर्वमुक्त यत्‌ ते मयि प्रभो | युधिष्ठिरने कहा--द्विजश्रेष्ठ] आपने मुझे जो उपदेश दिया है, वह मेरे कानोंको मधुर एवं मनको प्रिय लगा है। विभो! मैं आपकी आज्ञाका यत्नपूर्वक पालन करूँगा। ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ। मेरे मनमें लोभ, भय और ईर्ष्या नहीं है। प्रभो! आपने मेरे लिये जो कहा है, इसका अवश्य पालन करूँगा

Transliteration

kariṣyāmi hi tat sarvam uktaṃ yat te mayi prabho |

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O lord, I will indeed carry out in full whatever you have spoken concerning me. Your instruction is sweet to my ears and dear to my heart; with careful effort I shall follow your command.”

Word by Word

• {'kariṣyāmi': 'I shall do

• I will carry out', 'hi': 'indeed

• surely', 'tat': 'that', 'sarvam': 'all

• entirely', 'uktam': 'said

• instructed', 'yat': 'which

• whatever', 'te': 'by you

• your', 'mayi': 'in regard to me

• concerning me', 'prabho': 'O lord

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• prabhu (addressed lord/master, unspecified in the half-verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes disciplined obedience to righteous counsel: a dharmic person receives instruction with humility and commits to implementing it fully, not merely admiring it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira responds to a revered authority (addressed as ‘prabhu’), affirming that he will faithfully carry out the guidance given to him, signaling readiness to act according to dharma.