Shloka 133

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच तस्य ते<र्थाच्च कामाच्च आनृशंस्यं परं मतम्‌ | तस्मात्‌ ते भ्रातर: सर्वे जीवन्तु भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca tasya te 'rthāc ca kāmāc ca ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paraṃ matam | tasmāt te bhrātaraḥ sarve jīvantu bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Le Yakṣa dit : «Ô taureau parmi les Bharata, tu as tenu la compassion et l’équité pour supérieures même aux quêtes de richesse et de plaisir. Aussi, que tous tes frères vivent.»

Word by Word

• यक्षः: the Yaksha
• यक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• तस्य: of that/thereof
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अर्थात्: from/than wealth (artha)
• अर्थात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कामात्: from/than desire (kāma)
• कामात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आनृशंस्यम्: compassion/non-cruelty
• आनृशंस्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनृशंस्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: highest/supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मतम्: considered/held (as)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that reason
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्

• ते: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जीवन्तु: let (them) live
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull of the Bharatas (best of Bharata-line)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• Bharatarṣabha (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• the brothers of Yudhiṣṭhira (Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Compassion and non-cruelty (ānṛśaṃsya) are presented as higher than the goals of wealth (artha) and pleasure (kāma). The verse affirms that ethical restraint and humane concern are the decisive virtues that merit divine or moral reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Yakṣa-prashna episode, Yudhiṣṭhira is tested by the Yaksha. Having demonstrated that he values compassion above worldly aims, he is granted a boon: the restoration of life to all his brothers.