Shloka 56

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 33 — Kuru Cattle-Raid and Matsya Mobilization (भूमिंजय-प्रेरणा)

Devanagari script

अभ्येत्य रणमध्यस्थमभ्यगच्छद्‌ युधिष्ठिरम्‌

Transliteration

abhyetya raṇamadhyastham abhyagacchad yudhiṣṭhiram

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : S’étant avancé, il s’approcha directement de Yudhiṣṭhira, qui se tenait au milieu du champ de bataille.

Word by Word

• अभ्येत्य: having approached / coming near
• अभ्येत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-इ (धातु: इ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), कर्तरि

• रण: battle
• रण: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (समासपूर्वपद-प्रकृति), एकवचन

• मध्यस्थम्: standing in the middle
• मध्यस्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यस्थ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अभ्यगच्छत्: approached / went up to
• अभ्यगच्छत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम् (धातु: गम्)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• battlefield (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid conflict, the righteous leader is portrayed as steady and present ‘in the midst of battle’; approaching such a figure implies that counsel and action must be guided by dharma rather than panic or impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that someone comes near and directly approaches Yudhiṣṭhira, who is positioned in the thick of the battle—setting up the next exchange or instruction in the unfolding action.