Shloka 12

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच अरणीसहितं यस्य मृगो हयादाय गच्छति । तस्याग्नयो न लुप्येरन्‌ प्रथमो5स्तु वरो मम

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: araṇī-sahitaṃ yasya mṛgo hayādāya gacchati | tasyāgnayo na lupyeran prathamo 'stu varo mama ||

Translation

ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର କହିଲେ—ଭଗବନ, ମୋର ପ୍ରଥମ ବର ଏହି: ଯେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣଙ୍କର ଅରଣୀସହିତ ମନ୍ଥନ-କାଷ୍ଠକୁ ମୃଗ ନେଇ ପଳାଇଗଲା, ତାଙ୍କର ପବିତ୍ର ଅଗ୍ନି (ଅଗ୍ନିହୋତ୍ର) ଲୁପ୍ତ ନ ହେଉ; ତାଙ୍କର ନିତ୍ୟକର୍ମ ଅବିଚ୍ଛିନ୍ନ ରହୁ।

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अरणी-सहितम्: together with the araṇīs (fire-sticks)
• अरणी-सहितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यस्य: whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मृगः: a deer
• मृगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हयम्: a horse
• हयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), ल्यप्

• गच्छति: goes (runs away)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: of him/that (brahmin)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अग्नयः: the sacred fires
• अग्नयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• लुप्येरन्: should not be lost/should not lapse
• Type: Verb
• Root: लुप्
• Form: Optative, 3, Plural, Atmanepada

• प्रथमः: the first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्तु: let it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वरः: boon
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• brāhmaṇa (unnamed)
• mṛga (deer)
• haya (horse)
• araṇī (fire-drill sticks)
• agni / agnayaḥ (sacred fires, agnihotra context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as attentive care for others’ sacred obligations: a righteous king prioritizes preventing the lapse of a brāhmaṇa’s agnihotra, valuing continuity of ritual duty and communal spiritual welfare over personal gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira requests a boon that the brāhmaṇa whose araṇīs (fire-kindling sticks) and horse were carried off by a deer should not suffer interruption of his sacred fires; he asks first for the protection of that man’s daily fire-ritual.