Shloka 125

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठटिरस्य शौचेन प्रीता: प्रकृतयो5भवन्‌ | धृत्या च भीमसेनस्य विक्रमेणार्जुनस्य च

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhirasya śaucena prītāḥ prakṛtayo 'bhavan | dhṛtyā ca bhīmasenasya vikrameṇārjunasya ca ||

Translation

ด้วยความบริสุทธิ์แห่งความประพฤติของยุธิษฐิระ ประชาชนและเสนาบดีทั้งหลายจึงพอใจยิ่ง; และด้วยความแน่วแน่มั่นคงของภีมเสน กับวีรานุภาพของอรชุน พวกเขาทั้งปวงก็ยิ่งมีใจเอนเอียงไปในทางเกื้อกูล

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरस्यof Yudhiṣṭhira

शौचेनby purity/clean conduct

प्रीताःpleased

प्रकृतयःthe subjects/people

अभवन्became/were

धृत्याby steadfastness/fortitude

चand

भीमसेनस्यof Bhīmasena

विक्रमेणby valor/heroic prowess

अर्जुनस्यof Arjuna

चand

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Arjuna

prakṛtayaḥ (subjects/people; ministers)

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?

Good governance rests on inner virtue and outer capability: Yudhiṣṭhira’s śauca (moral purity) earns trust, while Bhīma’s dhṛti (steadfastness) and Arjuna’s vikrama (valor) provide the strength that protects and sustains that trust.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text describes how the populace (and the state’s key constituents) became pleased and supportive due to the exemplary qualities of the Pāṇḍavas—Yudhiṣṭhira’s integrity, Bhīma’s firmness, and Arjuna’s prowess—indicating their growing acceptance and stability under their influence.