Shloka 13

संवरणस्य पतनं, सचिवोपचारः, वसिष्ठस्य सूर्योपगमनम्

Saṃvaraṇa’s Collapse, Ministerial Aid, and Vasiṣṭha’s Approach to Sūrya

Devanagari script

इह विप्रस्य भवने वयं पुत्र सुखोषिता: । अज्ञाता धार्रराष्ट्राणां सत्कृता वीतमन्यव:,बेटा! हमलोग यहाँ इस ब्राह्मणके घरमें बड़े सुखसे रहे हैं। धृतराष्ट्रके पुत्रोंको हमारी कानों-कान खबर नहीं होने पायी है। इस घरमें हमारा इतना सत्कार हुआ है कि हमने अपने पिछले दुःख और क्रोधको भुला दिया है। पार्थ! ब्राह्मणके इस उपकारसे उऋण होनेका यही एक उपाय मुझे दिखायी दिया। मनुष्य वही है, जिसके प्रति किया हुआ उपकार नष्ट न हो (जो उपकारको भुला न दे)

Transliteration

iha viprasya bhavane vayaṁ putrāḥ sukhoṣitāḥ | ajñātā dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṁ satkṛtā vītamanyavaḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Dito, sa bahay ng brāhmaṇa, kaming mga anak ay namuhay nang maginhawa. Hindi man lamang nalaman ng mga anak ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra ang tungkol sa amin. Napakabuti ng paggalang at pagtanggap sa amin sa tahanang ito kaya naisantabi ang dati naming pagdurusa at poot.”

Word by Word

इहhere

विप्रस्यof the brahmin

भवनेin the house

वयम्we

पुत्रO son

सुखwith comfort / happily

उषिताःhaving stayed / dwelt

अज्ञाताःunknown / unnoticed

धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्of the sons of Dhritarashtra

सत्कृताःhonoured / well-received

वीतमन्यवःfree from anger (whose anger has departed)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍavas (as 'sons')

a brāhmaṇa (vipra)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (Dhārtarāṣṭras/Kauravas)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical restraint and gratitude: sincere hospitality (satkāra) can calm anger, and one should remember and honor benefactors rather than letting their kindness be ‘wasted’ or forgotten.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira notes that the Pāṇḍavas have been safely sheltered in a brāhmaṇa’s home without being detected by Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons, and that the respectful treatment they received has eased their earlier distress and wrath.