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Shloka 186

अर्जुनदुःखहेतुप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the cause of Arjuna’s recurring hardship

Book 14, Chapter 89

यथा55ह भगवान्‌ व्यासस्तथा त्वं कर्तुमहसि । तब भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णने धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर्से कहा--“धर्मराज! भगवान्‌ व्यास जैसा कहते हैं, वैसा ही तुम्हें करना चाहिये”

yathāha bhagavān vyāsas tathā tvaṃ kartum arhasi | tataḥ bhagavān śrīkṛṣṇo dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram uvāca— “dharmarājan! bhagavān vyāsa yathā vadati, tathāiva tvayā kartavyam” |

ਵੈਸ਼ੰਪਾਯਨ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਜਿਵੇਂ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਵਿਆਸ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਹੈ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਹੀ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਤਦ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਨੇ ਧਰਮਰਾਜ ਯੁਧਿਸ਼ਠਿਰ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ—“ਧਰਮਰਾਜ! ਭਗਵਾਨ ਵਿਆਸ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਆਖਦੇ ਹਨ, ਓਹੋ ਜਿਹਾ ਹੀ ਤੂੰ ਕਰੀਂ।”

यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
इहhere (in this matter)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
भगवान्the venerable one
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
व्यासःVyasa
व्यासः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootव्यास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाso, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
कर्तुम्to do
कर्तुम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormTumun (infinitive)
अर्हसिyou ought / you are fit
अर्हसि:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह्
FormPresent (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
V
Vyāsa (Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana)
Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
D
Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

One should align action with dharma by following the instruction of a trustworthy spiritual authority (here, Vyāsa), especially when the duty is ethically weighty; Kṛṣṇa reinforces that obedience to such guidance is itself a dharmic act.

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira is urged to act exactly as Vyāsa has directed; Kṛṣṇa then personally reiterates this counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira, emphasizing compliance with Vyāsa’s directive.