Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वयमेतदनिच्छन्त: सर्व एव पुरोत्तमात्‌ | गृहान्‌ विहाय गच्छामो यत्र गन्ता युधिष्ठिर:,“हमलोग यह नहीं चाहते, इसलिये हम सब घर-द्वार छोड़कर इस उत्तम नगरीसे वहीं चलेंगे, जहाँ युधिष्ठिर जा रहे हैं!

Transliteration

vayam etad anicchantaḥ sarva eva purottamāt | gṛhān vihāya gacchāmo yatra gantā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយថា៖ «ព្រោះយើងទាំងអស់គ្នាមិនប្រាថ្នាឲ្យរឿងនេះកើតឡើងទេ ដូច្នេះយើងនឹងចាកចេញពីផ្ទះសម្បែង បោះបង់ទីក្រុងដ៏ប្រសើរនេះ ហើយទៅកន្លែងណាក៏ដោយដែលយុធិષ્ઠិរ កំពុងទៅ!»

Word by Word

वयम्we

एतत्this (thing)

अनिच्छन्तःnot desiring

सर्वेall

एवindeed/just

पुरोत्तमात्from the best city

गृहान्houses/homes

विहायhaving left/abandoning

गच्छामःwe go

यत्रwhere

गन्ताwill go / is going (goer)

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

purottama (the excellent city)

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?

The verse highlights ethical solidarity: when a righteous leader faces hardship, companions choose shared sacrifice over comfort, valuing loyalty and dharma above attachment to home and status.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reports a collective decision: unwilling to accept the present situation, they resolve to leave the city and their homes and follow Yudhiṣṭhira wherever he is headed.