Shloka 5

युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्याभिषेकः | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Royal Consecration

Devanagari script

सुधर्मा विदुरो धौम्यो धृतराष्ट्रश्न कौरव: । निषेदुर्ज्वलनाकारेष्वासनेषु पृथक्‌ पृथक्‌

Transliteration

sudharmā viduro dhaumyo dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca kauravaḥ | niṣedur jvalanākāreṣv āsaneṣu pṛthak pṛthak ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Sudharmā, Vidura, Dhaumya y Dhṛtarāṣṭra, del linaje Kuru, se sentaron por separado, cada uno en un asiento semejante a un trono, radiante como el fuego.

Word by Word

• सुधर्मा: Sudharmā (name)
• सुधर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धौम्यः: Dhaumya
• धौम्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कौरवः: the Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)
• कौरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निषेदुः: sat down / took their seats
• निषेदुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) उपसर्ग: नि-
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• ज्वलनाकारेषु: on (seats) having the form/appearance of fire; blazing-like
• ज्वलनाकारेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलनाकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• आसनेषु: on seats/thrones
• आसनेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• पृथक्: separately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: true

• पृथक्: each separately (repetition for emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: true

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sudharmā
• Vidura
• Dhaumya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kuru (dynasty)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethics of public deliberation: orderly seating and visible dignity symbolize preparedness for dharmic counsel, where authority and wisdom (king, minister, priest) must be properly situated before guidance is given.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Sudharmā, Vidura, Dhaumya, and King Dhṛtarāṣṭra take their respective seats, each separately, on radiant seats—marking the commencement of a formal gathering in the Śānti Parva context of instruction and counsel.