Shloka 13

एकचक्रानिवासे ब्राह्मणगृहदुःखश्रवणम् | Hearing the Brāhmaṇa Household’s Distress at Ekacakrā

Devanagari script

वयमेतदनिच्छन्त: सर्व एव पुरोत्तमात्‌ | गृहान्‌ विहाय गच्छामो यत्र गन्ता युधिष्ठिर:,“हमलोग यह नहीं चाहते, इसलिये हम सब घर-द्वार छोड़कर इस उत्तम नगरीसे वहीं चलेंगे, जहाँ युधिष्ठिर जा रहे हैं!

Transliteration

vayam etad anicchantaḥ sarva eva purottamāt | gṛhān vihāya gacchāmo yatra gantā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Dahil wala ni isa sa amin ang nagnanais nito, iiwan naming lahat ang aming mga tahanan at lisanin ang marangal na lungsod na ito, at tutungo saan man patungo si Yudhiṣṭhira.”

Word by Word

वयम्we

एतत्this (thing)

अनिच्छन्तःnot desiring

सर्वेall

एवindeed/just

पुरोत्तमात्from the best city

गृहान्houses/homes

विहायhaving left/abandoning

गच्छामःwe go

यत्रwhere

गन्ताwill go / is going (goer)

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

purottama (the excellent city)

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 ethical solidarity: when a righteous leader faces hardship, companions choose shared sacrifice over comfort, valuing loyalty and dharma above attachment to home and status.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reports a collective decision: unwilling to accept the present situation, they resolve to leave the city and their homes and follow Yudhiṣṭhira wherever he is headed.