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Shloka 133

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच तस्य ते<र्थाच्च कामाच्च आनृशंस्यं परं मतम्‌ | तस्मात्‌ ते भ्रातर: सर्वे जीवन्तु भरतर्षभ,यक्षने कहा--भरतगश्रेष्ठ! तुमने अर्थ और कामसे भी अधिक दया और समताका आदर किया है, इसलिये तुम्हारे सभी भाई जीवित हो जायेँ

Transliteration

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

Translation

ヤクシャは言った。「バラタ族の雄牛よ。汝は富（アルタ）と快楽（カーマ）を求めるよりも、慈悲と公平をさらに上位に置いた。ゆえに、汝の兄弟たちは皆、生きよ。」

Word by Word

यक्षःthe Yaksha

उवाचsaid/spoke

तस्यof that/thereof

तेof you/your

अर्थात्from/than wealth (artha)

चand

कामात्from/than desire (kāma)

चand

आनृशंस्यम्compassion/non-cruelty

परम्highest/supreme

मतम्considered/held (as)

तस्मात्therefore/from that reason

तेyour

भ्रातरःbrothers

सर्वेall

जीवन्तुlet (them) live

भरतर्षभO bull of the Bharatas (best of Bharata-line)

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yakṣa

Bharatarṣabha (Yudhiṣṭhira)

the brothers of Yudhiṣṭhira (Pāṇḍavas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.