Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अजातशत्रुमासीनं भ्रातृभि: सहितं वने । आगम्य ब्राह्मणस्तूर्ण संतप्तश्वेदमब्रवीत्‌,वनमें भाइयोंके साथ बैठे हुए अजातशत्रु युधिष्ठिरके पास तुरंत आकर संतप्त हुए उस ब्राह्मणने इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: ajātaśatrum āsīnaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaṃ vane | āgamya brāhmaṇas tūrṇaṃ saṃtaptas śvedam abravīt ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: В лесу Аджаташатру (Юдхиштхира) сидел вместе с братьями. Туда поспешно явился брахман — встревоженный, в поту, — и обратился к нему такими словами.

Word by Word

अजातशत्रुम्Ajātaśatru (Yudhiṣṭhira)

आसीनम्sitting

भ्रातृभिःwith (his) brothers

सहितम्accompanied (by)

वनेin the forest

आगम्यhaving come

ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin

तूर्णम्quickly

संतप्तःdistressed, afflicted

श्वेदम्sweat

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Ajātaśatru (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Pāṇḍava brothers

a brāhmaṇa

forest (vana)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames an ethical situation: a distressed brāhmaṇa seeks out a righteous ruler. It highlights the dharmic expectation that a king (especially Yudhiṣṭhira) should be accessible to the afflicted and respond promptly with protection, justice, and compassion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira sits in the forest with his brothers during exile. A brāhmaṇa arrives urgently, visibly distressed and sweating, and begins to speak—introducing a petition or problem that the Pāṇḍavas are expected to address.