Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तच्चागारमभिप्रेक्ष्य सर्वधर्मभूतां वर: । उवाचाग्नेयमित्येवं भीमसेनं युधिष्ठिर:,उस घरको अच्छी तरह देखकर समस्त धर्मात्माओंमें श्रेष्ठ युधिष्ठिरने भीमसेनसे कहा --'भाई! यह भवन तो आग भड़कानेवाली वस्तुओंसे बना जान पड़ता है

Transliteration

tac cāgāram abhiprekṣya sarvadharmabhūtān varaḥ | uvācāgneyam ity evaṃ bhīmasenaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Après avoir soigneusement examiné cette maison, Yudhiṣṭhira—le premier parmi les justes—dit à Bhīmasena : «Cette demeure semble faite de matières qui s’enflamment aisément.»

Word by Word

तत्that

चand

आगारम्house; building

अभिप्रेक्ष्यhaving looked at; after observing

सर्वधर्मभूतानाम्of all those who are devoted to dharma

वरःthe best; the श्रेष्ठ one

उवाचsaid; spoke

आग्नेयम्fiery; pertaining to fire; inflammable

इतिthus; saying

एवम्in this way

भीमसेनम्Bhimasena

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

agāra (house/dwelling)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma includes alertness and responsible speech: Yudhiṣṭhira observes carefully, recognizes a threat, and cautions his brother without panic—showing ethical prudence and protective leadership.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira inspects the dwelling and concludes it is ‘āgneyam’—highly inflammable—then tells Bhīma, foreshadowing a planned danger involving fire and the need for caution.