Shloka 12
युधिछिर उवाच अरणीसहितं यस्य मृगो हयादाय गच्छति । तस्याग्नयो न लुप्येरन् प्रथमो5स्तु वरो मम
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: araṇī-sahitaṃ yasya mṛgo hayādāya gacchati | tasyāgnayo na lupyeran prathamo 'stu varo mama ||
ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಭಗವನ್, ನನ್ನ ಮೊದಲ ವರ ಇದು: ಯಾವ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನ ಅರಣಿಗಳೊಡನೆ ಮಥನಕಾಷ್ಠಗಳನ್ನು ಜಿಂಕೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಓಡಿಹೋಗಿದೆಯೋ, ಅವನ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಅಗ್ನಿಗಳು (ಅಗ್ನಿಹೋತ್ರ) ಲೋಪವಾಗದಿರಲಿ; ಅವನ ನಿತ್ಯಕರ್ಮ ಅಡ್ಡಿಯಾಗದಿರಲಿ.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma as attentive care for others’ sacred obligations: a righteous king prioritizes preventing the lapse of a brāhmaṇa’s agnihotra, valuing continuity of ritual duty and communal spiritual welfare over personal gain.
Yudhiṣṭhira requests a boon that the brāhmaṇa whose araṇīs (fire-kindling sticks) and horse were carried off by a deer should not suffer interruption of his sacred fires; he asks first for the protection of that man’s daily fire-ritual.