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Shloka 127

यस्य बाहुबलं सर्वे पाण्डवा: समुपासते । अर्जुनं तमपाहाय नकुलं जीवमिच्छसि,जिसके बाहुबलका सभी पाण्डवोंको पूरा भरोसा है, उस अर्जुनको भी छोड़कर तुम्हें नकुलको जिला देनेकी इच्छा क्‍यों है?

yasya bāhubalaṃ sarve pāṇḍavāḥ samupāsate | arjunaṃ tam apāhāya nakulaṃ jīvam icchasi |

எவருடைய புயவலிமையை எல்லா பாண்டவர்களும் நம்புகின்றார்களோ, அந்த அர்ஜுனனை விட்டுவிட்டு நகுலனை ஏன் உயிர்ப்பிக்க விரும்புகிறாய்?

यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
बाहुबलम्arm-strength, might
बाहुबलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबाहुबल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas
पाण्डवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
समुपासतेrely on / attend upon / honor
समुपासते:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+उप+आस्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Plural
अर्जुनम्Arjuna
अर्जुनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तम्him/that (one)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अपहायhaving abandoned / leaving aside
अपहाय:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootअप+हा
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (root sense), true
नकुलम्Nakula
नकुलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनकुल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
जीवम्alive (living)
जीवम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootजीव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इच्छसिyou desire / you wish
इच्छसि:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

यक्ष उवाच

यक्ष (Yakṣa)
पाण्डवाः (Pāṇḍavas)
अर्जुन (Arjuna)
नकुल (Nakula)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames an ethical test: will one choose based on utility and power (Arjuna’s famed prowess) or based on fairness, duty, and impartial regard among family members. It pushes the listener to justify choices by dharma rather than expediency.

In the Yakṣa episode, the Yakṣa questions Yudhiṣṭhira after the Pāṇḍavas have fallen. Here the Yakṣa challenges the logic of reviving Nakula instead of Arjuna, whose strength is central to the brothers’ survival, forcing a dharmic explanation.