Shloka 13

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त: कौरवो राजा व्यासेनातुलतेजसा । युधिष्ठिरमथाहूय वाग्मी वचनमत्रवीत्‌,अनुपम तेजस्वी व्यासजीके ऐसा कहनेपर प्रवचनकुशल कुरुराज धृतराष्ट्रने युधिष्ठिरको बुलाकर इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ kauravo rājā vyāsenātulatejasā | yudhiṣṭhiram athāhūya vāgmī vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “ครั้นถูกท่านวยาสผู้มีรัศมีอันหาที่เปรียบมิได้กล่าวดังนั้นแล้ว พระราชาแห่งกุรุคือธฤตราษฏระจึงให้เรียกพระยุธิษฐิระมา และด้วยวาจาอันฉะฉานได้กล่าวถ้อยคำเหล่านี้”

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

कौरवःthe Kaurava (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

राजाking

व्यासेनby Vyāsa

अतुलतेजसाof incomparable splendor

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira

अथthen

आहूयhaving called/summoned

वाग्मीeloquent

वचनम्speech/words

अत्रhere

अवीत्said/spoke

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kuru dynasty (Kaurava)

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 the ethical weight of speech and counsel in a post-war setting: after receiving guidance from a spiritually authoritative elder (Vyāsa), the king acts with deliberation by summoning Yudhiṣṭhira, implying that decisions affecting dharma should be made through accountable dialogue and respectful consultation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa has just spoken to the Kuru king Dhṛtarāṣṭra. In response, Dhṛtarāṣṭra calls Yudhiṣṭhira to him and begins to speak—introducing the next segment of instruction or request within the Āśramavāsika context of withdrawal to the forest and reckoning with past actions.