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Shloka 6

अध्याय १: महाप्रस्थानारम्भः

The Commencement of the Great Departure

Devanagari script

अर्जुनका विचार जानकर भीमसेन और नकुल-सहदेवने भी उनकी कही हुई बातका अनुमोदन किया ।।

Transliteration

tato yuyutsum ānīya pravrajan dharmakāmyayā | rājyaṃ paridadau sarvaṃ vaiśyāputre yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

பின்னர் தர்மத்தை நாடி துறவுப் பாதையில் புறப்படவிருந்த யுதிஷ்டிரன், வைசியப் புதல்வன் யுயுத்ஸுவை அழைத்து, முழு அரசாட்சியின் பொறுப்பையும் அவனிடம் ஒப்படைத்தான்.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

युयुत्सुम्Yuyutsu (name)

आनाय्यhaving brought (summoned)

प्रव्रजन्departing (as an ascetic), setting forth

धर्मकाम्ययाwith the desire for dharma (righteousness)

राज्यम्kingdom, sovereignty

परिददौgave over, entrusted

सर्वम्entire, all

वैश्यापुत्रेto the son of a Vaiśyā (Yuyutsu)

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Yuyutsu

rājya (the kingdom)

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?

Even when choosing renunciation, one should act responsibly: dharma includes ensuring social order and continuity of governance. Yudhiṣṭhira’s departure is paired with a conscientious transfer of duty, showing that ethical withdrawal is not neglect but orderly relinquishment.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the Pāṇḍavas prepare for the Mahāprasthāna (the great departure), Yudhiṣṭhira summons Yuyutsu and entrusts him with the full charge of the kingdom, so that the realm remains administered while the brothers leave for their final journey.