Shloka 17

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तो भरतश्रेष्ठ धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिर: । कृत्वा5<र्यसमयं सर्व प्रतस्थे भ्रातृभि: सह,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--भरतश्रेष्ठ! राजा धृतराष्ट्रके इस प्रकार कहनेपर धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर पूज्यवर धृतराष्ट्रकरे आदेशको स्वीकार करके भाइयोंके सहित वहाँसे विदा हो गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ity ukto bharataśreṣṭha dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | kṛtvāryasamayaṃ sarvaṃ pratasthe bhrātṛbhiḥ saha ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai yang terbaik dalam keturunan Bharata! Setelah demikian ditegur, Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira—setelah menerima dengan hormat serta menunaikan sepenuhnya kewajiban dan kesepahaman yang patut terhadap orang tua yang mulia—berangkat dari sana bersama saudara-saudaranya.”

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been addressed / spoken to

भरतश्रेष्ठःbest of the Bharatas

धर्मराजःDharma-king (Yudhiṣṭhira)

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

कृत्वाhaving done / having made

आर्यसमयम्proper/elderly decorum; due observance

सर्वम्entirely; all

प्रतस्थेset out; departed

भ्रातृभिःwith (his) brothers

सहtogether with

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bharatas

Pāṇḍava brothers

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 dharmic kingship expressed through deference to elders and faithful compliance with a rightful command—Yudhiṣṭhira acts with restraint, respect, and a sense of obligation rather than personal impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being addressed (contextually, by the elder king Dhṛtarāṣṭra), Yudhiṣṭhira accepts the instruction in a proper, respectful manner and then departs from that place along with his brothers.