Shloka 14

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Remorse and Vyāsa’s Teaching on Impermanence (Śoka-nivāraṇa)

Devanagari script

आचार्य श्न महेष्वास: सर्वपार्थिवपूजित:

Transliteration

ācāryaḥ śrīmahēṣvāsaḥ sarvapārthivapūjitaḥ

Translation

ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရသည် အလွန်လေးစားအပ်သော အာචာရျကို မဟာဓနုရှင်၊ မင်းများအားလုံးက ပူဇော်ဂုဏ်ပြုသူဟု ဆိုကာ—ထိုကဲ့သို့ အထင်ကရ၊ အားလုံးက လေးစားသည့် ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်တစ်ဦးသည် တာဝန်၊ အကျင့်နှင့် မှန်ကန်သော လုပ်ရပ်တို့၏ မေးခွန်းအလယ်ဗဟို ဖြစ်လာသောအခါ ဓမ္မ၏ အလေးချိန် မည်မျှကြီးမားသည်ကို ထင်ဟပ်စေသည်။

Word by Word

• आचार्यः: the teacher/preceptor
• आचार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महेष्वासः: the great archer (lit. one having a great bow)
• महेष्वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वपार्थिवपूजितः: honored by all kings
• सर्वपार्थिवपूजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपार्थिवपूजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ācārya (the preceptor, unnamed in this fragment)
• pārthivāḥ (kings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical significance of an ācārya: a teacher is not merely skilled (a mighty archer) but also socially and morally weighty—revered by all rulers—so decisions involving such a person demand heightened discernment, restraint, and dharmic sensitivity.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s reflective setting, Yudhiṣṭhira describes the preceptor as universally honored and exceptionally capable, framing a discussion where the stature of a teacher and the obligations owed to such a figure become central to evaluating right conduct.