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Shloka 28

एवं युक्तो महाराज: पाण्डव: पार्थिवर्षभ: । कथं नाहति राजाहमासनं पृथिवीपते,नरेश्वर! इनके सदगुणोंकी गणना नहीं की जा सकती। ये पाण्डुनन्दन नित्य धर्मपरायण तथा दयालु स्वभावके हैं। राजन! समस्त राजाओंके शिरोमणि पाण्डुनन्दन महाराज युधिष्ठिर इस प्रकार सर्वोत्तम गुणोंसे युक्त होकर भी राजोचित आसनके अधिकारी क्‍यों नहीं हैं?

evaṁ yukto mahārājaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ pārthivarṣabhaḥ | kathaṁ nārhati rājāham āsanaṁ pṛthivīpate nareśvara ||

Dijo Arjuna: «Oh gran rey, toro entre los soberanos: este pándava, dotado de tales virtudes, ¿cómo no habría de merecer el asiento real? Oh señor de la tierra, oh monarca de los hombres: sus nobles cualidades no pueden contarse por completo. El hijo de Pāṇḍu está siempre consagrado al dharma y es compasivo por naturaleza. Oh rey, ¿por qué Yudhiṣṭhira—joya cimera entre todos los reyes—poseyendo las más altas excelencias, no habría de tener derecho al trono?»

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
युक्तःendowed, possessed (of)
युक्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त (युज्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाराजःgreat king
महाराजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पाण्डवःthe Pandava (Yudhiṣṭhira)
पाण्डवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पार्थिवर्षभःbull among kings
पार्थिवर्षभः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव-ऋषभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कथम्how?, why?
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अर्हतिis worthy, deserves
अर्हति:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
राजाking
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormNominative, Singular
आसनम्seat, throne
आसनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआसन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पृथिवीपतेO lord of the earth
पृथिवीपते:
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवीपति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नरेश्वरO lord of men
नरेश्वर:
TypeNoun
Rootनरेश्वर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

अर्जुन उवाच

A
Arjuna
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
P
Pāṇḍava(s)
P
Pāṇḍu
R
royal seat/throne (āsana)

Educational Q&A

Legitimate kingship is grounded in dharma and character: compassion, steadfast righteousness, and exemplary conduct are presented as the true qualifications for the throne, beyond mere power or circumstance.

Arjuna addresses a king and argues on ethical and political grounds that Yudhiṣṭhira—described as supremely virtuous and dharma-devoted—rightfully deserves the royal seat, framing the point as a rhetorical question.