Shloka 5

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो युधिषछिरो राजा नकुलं वाक्यमब्रवीत्‌ । आरुह्द वृक्ष माद्रेय निरीक्षस्व दिशो दश

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā nakulaṃ vākyam abravīt | āruhyā vṛkṣaṃ mādrīya nirīkṣasva diśo daśa |

Translation

វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយថា៖ បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះបាទ យុធិષ્ઠិរ បានមានព្រះបន្ទូលទៅកាន់ នកុលៈថា៖ «ឱ កូននៃ ម៉ាទ្រី! ចូរឡើងលើដើមឈើមួយ ហើយសង្កេតទិសទាំងដប់។ មើលថាតើមានទឹកនៅជិតៗឬទេ ឬមានដើមឈើណាដែលបង្ហាញថាជិតមាត់ទន្លេ ឬកន្លែងមានទឹក។ កូនអើយ បងប្អូនរបស់អ្នកនឿយហត់ និងរងទុក្ខដោយស្រេកទឹក»។

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नकुलम्: Nakula
• नकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वाक्यम्: words/speech
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आरुह्य: having climbed
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada

• वृक्षम्: a tree
• वृक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• माद्रेय: O son of Mādrī
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निरीक्षस्व: look/examine
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ईक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• दश: ten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Nakula
• Mādrī
• tree
• ten directions
• water (implied object of search)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights responsible kingship and fraternal care: Yudhiṣṭhira responds to hardship with practical action and concern for his brothers’ well-being, showing leadership grounded in compassion and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

During their hardship in the forest, the brothers are exhausted and thirsty. Yudhiṣṭhira orders Nakula to climb a tree and scan all directions for signs of nearby water, such as waterside vegetation.