Shloka 1

Devanagari script

#:2:8 #:23:.7 () मिट अ८ सप्तत्रिशो5्ध्याय: अर्जुनका सब भाई आदिसे मिलकर इन्द्रकील पर्वतपर जाना एवं इन्द्रका दर्शन करना वैशम्पायन उवाच कस्यचित्‌ त्वथ कालस्य धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिर: । संस्मृत्य मुनिसंदेशमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--नरश्रेष्ठ जनममेजय! कुछ कालके अनन्तर धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरको व्यासजीके संदेशका स्मरण हो आया। तब उन्होंने परम बुद्धिमान्‌ अर्जुनसे एकान्तमें वार्तालाप किया। शत्रुओंका दमन करनेवाले धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने दो घड़ीतक वनवासके विषयमें चिन्तन करके किंचित्‌ मुसकराते हुए अर्जुनके शरीरको हाथसे स्पर्श किया और एकान्तमें उन्हें सान्त्वना देते हुए इस प्रकार कहा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | kasyacit tv atha kālasya dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | saṃsmṛtya munisandeśam idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: After some time had passed, Dharma-rāja Yudhiṣṭhira, recalling the message conveyed by the sage, spoke these words. The scene signals a deliberate, dharma-guided decision: memory of a ṛṣi’s counsel becomes the ethical trigger for Yudhiṣṭhira’s next course of action in exile.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid/spoke

कस्यचित्of some (one)

तुbut/indeed

अथthen/now

कालस्यof time

धर्मराजःthe king of dharma (Dharmarāja)

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

संस्मृत्यhaving remembered

मुनिसन्देशम्the sage's message

इदम्this

वचनम्speech/words

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)

Vyāsa (implied by muni-sandeśa in the given context)

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?

Ethically, the verse highlights dharma as guided by śāstra and ṛṣi-counsel: a righteous ruler does not act impulsively but recollects authoritative instruction and then speaks/acts with deliberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that, after some time in the forest context, Yudhiṣṭhira recalls a sage’s message (understood here as Vyāsa’s counsel) and begins to speak—setting up the next action and dialogue (notably with Arjuna in the surrounding passage).