Shloka 14
ऋतुपर्णस्य विदर्भयात्रा-निश्चयः तथा बाहुकस्य हयपरिक्षा (Ṛtuparṇa’s resolve to go to Vidarbha and Bāhuka’s examination of horses)
अहं च तव माता च राज्ञस्तस्य महात्मन: । सुते दशार्णाधिपते: सुदाम्नश्नारुदर्शने,'सुन्दरी! मैं और तुम्हारी माता दोनों दशार्णदेशके स्वामी महामना राजा सुदामाकी पुत्रियाँ हैं
ahaṃ ca tava mātā ca rājñas tasya mahātmanaḥ | sute daśārṇādhipateḥ sudāmnaḥ snārudarśane ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “I, and your mother as well, are daughters of that great-souled king Sudāman, the sovereign of Daśārṇa—O fair one of lovely appearance.”
युदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds ethical identity through lineage and kinship: recognizing shared family ties establishes trust, clarifies social obligations, and frames subsequent conduct within dharma (proper relational duty).
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a woman respectfully and reveals a familial connection: he and her mother are sisters, both daughters of King Sudāman of Daśārṇa, thereby identifying her as his niece and situating the relationship within a known royal genealogy.