Shloka 12

अङ्गददूतवाक्यं लङ्काप्राकारभेदनं च

Angada’s Embassy and the Breach of Laṅkā’s Ramparts

Devanagari script

कौरव्य: कुशली राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: । अहं च भ्रातरश्नास्य यांश्वान्यान्‌ परिपृच्छसि

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca: kauravyaḥ kuśalī rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | ahaṃ ca bhrātaraś cāsya yāṃś cānyān paripṛcchasi ||

Translation

“కౌరవ వంశస్థుడు, కుంతీపుత్రుడు రాజు యుధిష్ఠిరుడు కుశలంగా ఉన్నాడు. నేనూ, అతని సోదరులూ, నీవు అడిగిన ఇతరులందరూ కూడా సురక్షితంగా ఉన్నాము.”

Word by Word

• कौरव्यः: the Kuru prince (descendant of Kuru)
• कौरव्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुशली: well/healthy, in good condition
• कुशली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुन्तीपुत्रः: son of Kuntī
• कुन्तीपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्य: of him/this (his)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• यान्: whom/which (those)
• यान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्यान्: others
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परिपृच्छसि: you ask about, you inquire after
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kuntī
• Kuru lineage (Kauravya)
• Yudhiṣṭhira's brothers (Pāṇḍavas, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Thesāṃ kuśala-prashna (inquiring after others’ welfare) is presented as a mark of dharma and kinship-duty: one begins with concern for the safety of the righteous king and his companions, affirming social responsibility and mutual care.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana reports that Yudhiṣṭhira and those connected with him—including the speaker and Yudhiṣṭhira’s brothers—are safe, directly answering someone’s inquiry about their condition.