Shloka 13

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

तेषां कथयतामेव पुरुषो<र्जुनसंकथा:

Transliteration

Teṣāṁ kathayatām eva puruṣo 'rjuna-saṅkathāḥ.

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Even as they were speaking among themselves, the conversation turned to Arjuna—his deeds and his story becoming the very subject of their discourse.”

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• कथयताम्: while (they) were narrating/speaking
• कथयताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (कथयति)
• Form: present, third, plural, active, participle-like (present active participle used in genitive plural)

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अर्जुनसंकथाः: talks/stories about Arjuna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन-संकथा
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how a person’s conduct and achievements naturally become the subject of public discourse; in a dharmic frame, fame is not sought for its own sake but arises as a consequence of righteous action and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira reports that while a group was conversing, their discussion came to center on Arjuna—his story and exploits becoming the topic at hand.