Shloka 18

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Post-Accession Settlements and Approach to Vāsudeva (युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्यस्थापनं वासुदेवाभिगमनं च)

Devanagari script

तथैवोपकश्रिता देवी बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतां वर

Transliteration

tathaivopakāśritā devī buddhir buddhimatāṁ vara, jayaṁ prāptā yaśaśvāgryaṁ na ca dharmac yutā vayam |

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ— ହେ ବୁଦ୍ଧିମାନମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! ସେହିପରି ବୁଦ୍ଧିଦେବୀ ମଧ୍ୟ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ଶରଣ ନେଇଛନ୍ତି। ଆପଣଙ୍କ କୃପାରୁ ଆମେ ବିଜୟ ଓ ସର୍ବୋତ୍ତମ ଯଶ ପାଇଛୁ; ଧର୍ମରୁ ଚ୍ୟୁତ ହୋଇନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• उपकश्रिता: having taken refuge in / resorted to
• उपकश्रिता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-श्रि (धातु: श्रि)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बुद्धिः: intellect, wisdom
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बुद्धिमताम्: of the wise/intelligent (people)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वर: O best/excellent one
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जयम्: victory
• जयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्ताः: having obtained
• प्राप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु: आप्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• यशः: fame, glory
• यशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अग्र्यम्: foremost, excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्र्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• धर्मच्युता: fallen from dharma
• धर्मच्युता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म-च्युत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• buddhi-devī (Goddess Intelligence)
• buddhimatāṁ vara (epithet of a wise lord, contextually Kṛṣṇa in the Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Victory and fame are ethically meaningful only when grounded in dharma; true success is attributed to taking refuge in higher wisdom and righteous guidance rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports a statement praising a supreme wise protector (understood in the received gloss as Kṛṣṇa): personified Intelligence is said to rely on him, and ‘we’ credit him for their victory, renown, and steadfastness in dharma.