Shloka 6

अध्याय १: महाप्रस्थानारम्भः

The Commencement of the Great Departure

Devanagari script

अर्जुनका विचार जानकर भीमसेन और नकुल-सहदेवने भी उनकी कही हुई बातका अनुमोदन किया ।।

Transliteration

tato yuyutsum ānīya pravrajan dharmakāmyayā | rājyaṃ paridadau sarvaṃ vaiśyāputre yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

Conocida la opinión de Arjuna, Bhīmasena y Nakula y Sahadeva también aprobaron sus palabras. Entonces Yudhiṣṭhira, deseoso de seguir el dharma y partir por la senda de la renuncia, mandó llamar a Yuyutsu—hijo de una vaiśyā—y le confió la administración de todo el reino.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• युयुत्सुम्: Yuyutsu (name)
• युयुत्सुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आनाय्य: having brought (summoned)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• प्रव्रजन्: departing (as an ascetic), setting forth
• प्रव्रजन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-व्रज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मकाम्यया: with the desire for dharma (righteousness)
• धर्मकाम्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मकाम्या
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• राज्यम्: kingdom, sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परिददौ: gave over, entrusted
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-दा
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वम्: entire, all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वैश्यापुत्रे: to the son of a Vaiśyā (Yuyutsu)
• वैश्यापुत्रे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्यापुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Yuyutsu
• rājya (the kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when choosing renunciation, one should act responsibly: dharma includes ensuring social order and continuity of governance. Yudhiṣṭhira’s departure is paired with a conscientious transfer of duty, showing that ethical withdrawal is not neglect but orderly relinquishment.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the Pāṇḍavas prepare for the Mahāprasthāna (the great departure), Yudhiṣṭhira summons Yuyutsu and entrusts him with the full charge of the kingdom, so that the realm remains administered while the brothers leave for their final journey.