Shloka 6

Dyūta-kathā-praśnaḥ — Inquiry into the Dice-Game Calamity

Devanagari script

आपूृच्छे त्वां गमिष्यामि पूजितो5स्मि विशाम्पते । एवमुक्त: स कृष्णेन धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिर:

Transliteration

āpṛcche tvāṃ gamiṣyāmi pūjito 'smi viśāṃpate | evam uktaḥ sa kṛṣṇena dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

“ఓ ప్రజాధిపతీ! నేను నీ వద్ద సెలవు తీసుకుంటున్నాను; ఇప్పుడు బయలుదేరుతాను. నన్ను యథోచితంగా సత్కరించారు.” ఇలా చెప్పబడినప్పుడు ధర్మరాజు యుధిష్ఠిరుడు ప్రత్యుత్తరం ఇచ్చాడు।

Word by Word

आपूृच्छेI take leave (ask permission)

त्वाम्you

गमिष्यामिI shall go

पूजितःhonored

अस्मिI am

विशाम्of the people/subjects

पतेO lord

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been addressed/said to

सःhe

कृष्णेनby Krishna

धर्मराजःKing of Dharma (Yudhishthira)

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharma-rāja)

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 highlights dharmic social conduct: a guest who has been properly honored takes leave with gratitude and courtesy, and a king is addressed with respectful titles—reinforcing mutual obligations of hospitality and civility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa, having been honored, asks permission to depart. Yudhiṣṭhira, called Dharma-rāja, is then described as responding to Kṛṣṇa’s words, setting up the next exchange.