Shloka 15

Adhyāya 160: Dikpāla-Cosmography and the Sun’s Kālacakra (दिक्पाल-विश्ववर्णनम् तथा आदित्यस्य कालचक्रम्)

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच भगवन्नार्य माहैतद्‌ यथावद्‌ धर्मनिश्चयम्‌ । यथाशक्ति यथान्यायं क्रियते विधिवन्मया,युधिष्ठिरने कहा--भगवन्‌! आर्यचरण! आपने मुझे यह धर्मका निचोड़ बताया है। मैं अपनी शक्तिके अनुसार यथोचित रीतिसे विधिपूर्वक इसका पालन करता हूँ

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | bhagavan nārya mahaitad yathāvad dharma-niścayam | yathāśakti yathānyāyaṁ kriyate vidhivan mayā ||

Translation

युधिष्ठिर म्हणाला—भगवन्, आर्यवर! आपण धर्माचा हा महान् व यथार्थ निर्णय मला सांगितला आहे. मी माझ्या शक्तीनुसार, न्याय्य रीतीने, विधिपूर्वक त्याचे आचरण करण्याचा प्रयत्न करीत आहे.

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

भगवन्O venerable one

आर्यO noble sir

मयाby me

एतत्this

यथावत्properly, as it should be

धर्मनिश्चयम्determination/decision about dharma

यथाas, in the manner that

शक्तिability, power

यथाas, according to

अन्यायम्injustice (lit. not-right)

क्रियतेis done, is performed

विधिवत्according to rule, duly

मयाby me

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhagavān (addressed sage/holy person)

Ārya (honorific addressee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma should be understood as a clear, well-reasoned determination and then practiced with sincerity: within one’s capacity (yathāśakti), in a just and appropriate way (yathānyāyam), and in accordance with proper procedure (vidhivat).

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira responds respectfully to a revered instructor, acknowledging the greatness and correctness of the dharma-teaching he has received and affirming his commitment to follow it as best he can, rightly and according to rule.