Shloka 13
युधिछिर उवाच न मे वागनृतं प्राह नाधर्मे धीयते मतिः । वर्तते हि मनो मे5त्र नैषो5धर्म: कथंचन,युधिष्ठिरने कहा--मेरी वाणी कभी झूठ नहीं बोलती और मेरी बुद्धि भी कभी अधर्ममें नहीं लगती; परंतु इस विवाहमें मेरे मनकी प्रवृत्ति हो रही है, इसलिये यह किसी प्रकार भी अधर्म नहीं है। पुराणोंमें भी सुना जाता है कि धर्मात्माओंमें श्रेष्ठ जटिला नामवाली गौतम गोत्रकी कन््याने सात ऋषियोंके साथ विवाह किया था
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | na me vāg anṛtaṃ prāha nādharme dhīyate matiḥ | vartate hi mano me 'tra naiṣo 'dharmaḥ kathaṃcana ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “My speech has never uttered falsehood, nor does my understanding ever settle upon unrighteousness. Yet my mind is drawn toward this marriage; therefore it cannot, in any way, be unrighteous.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Yudhiṣṭhira frames moral discernment as grounded in lifelong commitments to truthfulness and dharma: if one’s speech is truthful and one’s intellect does not incline to adharma, then a sincere inner inclination—when examined against dharma—need not be condemned as unrighteous.
Yudhiṣṭhira is justifying his willingness toward a particular marriage by appealing to his established character (truthful speech and dharmic judgment) and concluding that his present inclination cannot be adharma.