Shloka 15
भ्राता हि चिरयातो न: सहदेव तवाग्रज: । तथैवानय सोदर्य पानीयं च त्वमानय,“सहदेव! हमारे अनुज और तुम्हारे अग्रज भ्राता नकुलको यहाँसे गये बहुत देर हो गयी। तुम जाकर अपने सहोदर भाईको बुला लाओ और पानी भी ले आओ'
yakṣa uvāca | bhrātā hi cirayāto naḥ sahadeva tavāgrajaḥ | tathaivānaya sodarya pānīyaṃ ca tvam ānaya |
“Sahadeva, our younger brother—your elder brother Nakula—has been gone a long time. Go and bring your own full brother here, and fetch water as well.”
यक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets up an ethical trial: urgency and concern for kin must still be guided by disciplined action and proper conduct. It foreshadows that even a simple act like taking water can become a dharmic test when rules and warnings are involved.
The Yaksha, speaking from the lake, tells Sahadeva that Nakula has been away too long and instructs him to go bring Nakula back and fetch water. This is part of the escalating sequence in the Yaksha-prashna episode, drawing the brothers one by one toward the lake and its conditions.