Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अभिवादयमान त्वां पाणिभ्यां भीमपूर्वज: । प्रतिगृह्नातु सौहार्दात्‌ कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर:,'भीमके बड़े भाई कुन्तीपुत्र युधिष्छिर तुम्हें प्रणाम करते देख सौहार्दवश अपने दोनों हाथोंसे पकड़कर हृदयसे लगा लें

Transliteration

abhivādayamānaṁ tvāṁ pāṇibhyāṁ bhīmapūrvajaḥ | pratigṛhṇātu sauhārdāt kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

तू प्रणाम करताना पाहून भीमाचा ज्येष्ठ भाऊ कुंतीपुत्र युधिष्ठिर सौहार्दाने तुझे दोन्ही हात धरून तुला हृदयाशी धरू दे.

Word by Word

अभिवादयमानम्saluting (you)

त्वाम्you

पाणिभ्याम्with (both) hands

भीम-पूर्वजःthe elder brother of Bhima

प्रतिगृह्णातुmay (he) receive / take (you) in (his arms)

सौहार्दात्out of friendliness/affection

कुन्ती-पुत्रःKunti's son

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīma

Kuntī

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?

Even when tensions are high, dharma expresses itself through respectful conduct and goodwill (sauhārda). Yudhiṣṭhira’s readiness to receive a salutation warmly models ethical leadership: civility, restraint, and openness to reconciliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana describes a courteous encounter: as someone approaches and offers respectful salutations, Yudhiṣṭhira—identified as Bhīma’s elder brother and Kuntī’s son—is expected to respond affectionately by taking the person’s hands and embracing them, emphasizing cordial relations in the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war setting.