Shloka 1

Devanagari script

हि आय न [हुक है आम चतुर्राधिकशततमो< ध्याय: अगस्त्यजीका विन्ध्यपर्वतको बढ़नेसे रोकना और देवताओंके साथ सागर-तटपर जाना युधिछिर उवाच किमर्थ सहसा विन्ध्य: प्रवृद्ध: क्रोधमूर्च्छित: । एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण महामुने,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--महामुने! विन्ध्यपर्वत किसलिये क्रोधसे मूर्छति हो सहसा बढ़ने लगा था? मैं इस प्रसंगको विस्तारपूर्वक सुनना चाहता हूँ

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kimarthaṃ sahasā Vindhyaḥ pravṛddhaḥ krodha-mūrcchitaḥ? etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ vistareṇa mahā-mune.

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Atas sebab apakah Gunung Vindhya tiba-tiba mula membesar, seakan-akan dirasuk dan dipeningkan oleh amarah? Wahai resi agung, aku ingin mendengar peristiwa ini dengan terperinci.”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

किमर्थम्for what reason? why?

सहसाsuddenly

विन्ध्यःthe Vindhya (mountain)

प्रवृद्धःgrown, increased

क्रोधमूर्च्छितःfainting/overcome with anger

एतत्this (matter)

इच्छामिI wish/desire

अहम्I

श्रोतुम्to hear

विस्तरेणin detail

महामुनेO great sage

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Vindhya (mountain)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic inquiry: a ruler seeks understanding from a sage, treating extraordinary events not as spectacle but as occasions to learn about causes, restraint, and the maintenance of order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira asks the sage to explain why the Vindhya mountain suddenly began to expand, described as if seized by anger, and requests the full account of that episode.