Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पूर्व हि कथित श्रुत्वा भूगुभाषितमुत्तमम्‌ । भरद्वाजस्य विप्रर्षेस्ततो मे बुद्धिरुत्तमा,पहले ब्रह्मर्षि भरद्वाजके प्रति भूगुजीका जो उत्तम उपदेश हुआ था, उसे आपके मुँहसे सुनकर मुझे उत्तम बुद्धि प्राप्त हुई थी

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ hi kathitaṃ śrutvā bhṛgubhāṣitam uttamam | bharadvājasya brahmarṣes tato me buddhir uttamā ||

Translation

युधिष्ठिर म्हणाला—पूर्वी ब्रह्मर्षी भरद्वाजांना उद्देशून भृगूंनी सांगितलेला जो उत्तम उपदेश आपण कथन केला, तो आपल्या मुखातून ऐकून माझी बुद्धी अधिक शुद्ध व उत्तम झाली.

Word by Word

पूर्वम्formerly, earlier

हिindeed, for

कथितम्told, narrated

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

भृगु-भाषितम्the utterance/teaching spoken by Bhṛgu

उत्तमम्excellent, best

भरद्वाजस्यof Bharadvāja

विप्रर्षेःof the brahmin-sage

ततःthereupon, from that

मेto me / of me

बुद्धिःunderstanding, intellect

उत्तमाexcellent

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhṛgu

Bharadvāja

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 the transformative power of śravaṇa (attentive listening) to authoritative dharma-instruction: hearing a seer’s excellent counsel—Bhṛgu’s teaching addressed to Bharadvāja—elevates one’s buddhi (discernment), enabling clearer ethical judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the interlocutor and recalls a prior occasion when he heard, from that speaker, Bhṛgu’s celebrated instruction to the brahmarṣi Bharadvāja; he states that this hearing previously refined his understanding, setting the stage for further inquiry or continuation of the teaching.