Shloka 8
Virāṭanagara-nivāsa-nirṇaya
Decision to Reside in Virāṭa’s City
भारत! ब्राह्मणोंसे सब कुछ बताकर जब युधिष्ठिरने अरणीसहित मन्थनकाष्ठ पूर्वोक्त ब्राह्मणदेवताको सौंप दिया, तब धर्मपुत्र महामनस्वी उन राजा युधिष्ठिरने अपने सब भाइयोंको एकत्र करके इस प्रकार कहा-- ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
bhārata! brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sarvaṃ nivedya yudhiṣṭhiro 'raṇīsahitaṃ manthanakāṣṭhaṃ pūrvoktaṃ brāhmaṇadevatāyai samarpya, tataḥ dharmaputro mahāmanā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ sarvān bhrātṝn ekatra kṛtvā evam uvāca—
dvādaśemāni varṣāṇi rājyavipraṣitā vayam |
trayodaśo 'yaṃ samprāptaḥ kṛcchrāt paramadurvasaḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「おお、バーラタよ。ユディシュティラが婆羅門たちに一切を告げ、先に述べた婆羅門の神聖なる者へ火起こしの具—アラニーと摩擦の木—を託し終えると、ダルマの子にして大いなる王は兄弟を皆集め、こう言った。『十二年が過ぎた。われらは国を追われ、森に住んできた。いま第十三年が始まった—きわめて耐え難い年である。われらは最上の秘匿のうちに身を置き、苦難を自制して耐えねばならぬ。』」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes dharmic endurance and disciplined restraint: after completing the prescribed twelve-year exile, the decisive ethical challenge is the thirteenth year—living incognito without revealing identity, bearing hardship without compromising conduct or vows.
Yudhiṣṭhira, after settling a matter involving brāhmaṇas and entrusting ritual implements (arani and churning wood) to a revered brāhmaṇa-deity, gathers his brothers and marks the transition from the completed twelve-year forest exile to the beginning of the perilous thirteenth year that must be spent in strict secrecy.