Shloka 163

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

आगच्छति नरव्याप्रे कौरवाणां धुरंधरे । तदनन्तर दूसरे दिन कौरव-धुरंधर नरव्यात्र अर्जुके आते समय नगरमें महान्‌ कोलाहल बढ़ गया

Transliteration

āgacchati naravyāghre kauravāṇāṃ dhuraṃdhare |

Translation

Dijo Yudhiṣṭhira: «Oh tigre entre los hombres, se acerca el principal portador de la carga de los Kaurava». Luego, al día siguiente, cuando llegó, la ciudad entera se agitó en un gran clamor.

Word by Word

• आगच्छति: comes, approaches
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√गम् (गच्छ्)
• Form: Lat (present), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• नरव्याप्रे: O tiger among men (O best of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरव्याघ्र
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• कौरवाणाम्: of the Kauravas
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• धुरंधरे: in/among the foremost bearers of the burden; in the champion
• धुरंधरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धुरंधर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kauravas
• a leading Kaurava champion (dhuraṃdhara)
• city (nagara, implied by the prose gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how leadership and renowned warriors influence society: the approach of a principal supporter of a royal faction creates immediate public agitation, reminding rulers to weigh the ethical and political consequences of power, reputation, and military presence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira announces that a foremost Kaurava-aligned champion is arriving; as he comes, the city becomes noisy and stirred up, indicating heightened attention, tension, or excitement among the people.