Shloka 13

Vyāsa’s Inquiry into Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Tapas and the Identification of Vidura with Dharma

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त: कौरवो राजा व्यासेनातुलतेजसा । युधिष्ठिरमथाहूय वाग्मी वचनमत्रवीत्‌,अनुपम तेजस्वी व्यासजीके ऐसा कहनेपर प्रवचनकुशल कुरुराज धृतराष्ट्रने युधिष्ठिरको बुलाकर इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ kauravo rājā vyāsenātulatejasā | yudhiṣṭhiram athāhūya vāgmī vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच—इत्युक्तः कौरवो राजा व्यासेनातुलतेजसा । युधिष्ठिरमथाहूय वाग्मी वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

कौरवःthe Kaurava (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

राजाking

व्यासेनby Vyāsa

अतुलतेजसाof incomparable splendor

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira

अथthen

आहूयhaving called/summoned

वाग्मीeloquent

वचनम्speech/words

अत्रhere

अवीत्said/spoke

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kuru dynasty (Kaurava)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes