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Shloka 15

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

पिता मान्यो गुरु: श्रेष्ठी यदाह पृथिवीपति: । अशड्कमानैस्तत्‌ कार्यमस्माभिरिति नो व्रतम्‌,“बन्धुओ! राजा धृतराष्ट्र मेरे माननीय पिता, गुरु एवं श्रेष्ठ पुरुष हैं। वे जो आज्ञा दें, उसका हमें नि:शंक होकर पालन करना चाहिये; यही हमारा व्रत है

pitā mānyo guruḥ śreṣṭhī yad āha pṛthivīpatiḥ | aśaṅkamānais tat kāryam asmābhir iti no vratam | bandhuvo rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro me mānyanīyaḥ pitā guru eva ca śreṣṭhaḥ puruṣaḥ | sa yad ājñāpayati tad asmābhir niḥśaṅkena kartavyam—etad eva no vratam |

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Đức vua, chúa tể cõi đất, đối với chúng ta là người cha đáng kính, là bậc thầy, là người tối thượng. Điều gì ngài truyền, chúng ta phải thi hành không nghi ngờ, không do dự—đó là lời thệ nguyện của chúng ta. Hỡi bà con, vua Dhṛtarāṣṭra là phụ thân đáng tôn của ta, là guru của ta, là bậc nhất trong người đời; vì thế mệnh lệnh của ngài phải được tuân theo với lòng tin vững chắc.”

पिताfather
पिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मान्यःworthy of honor, venerable
मान्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमान्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गुरुःteacher, elder
गुरुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
श्रेष्ठीthe best, foremost (person)
श्रेष्ठी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेष्ठिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यदाwhen
यदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
आहsaid, spoke
आह:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
पृथिवीपतिःking (lord of the earth)
पृथिवीपतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवीपति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अशङ्कमानैःby (us) not doubting, without hesitation
अशङ्कमानैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअशङ्कमान
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
कार्यम्to be done, duty
कार्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अस्माभिःby us
अस्माभिः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Plural
इतिthus, so (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
नःof us, our
नः:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Plural
व्रतम्vow, resolve
व्रतम्:
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
P
pṛthivīpati (the king)

Educational Q&A

The verse emphasizes dharma as disciplined loyalty: honoring father/teacher/king and fulfilling his command without suspicion, treating obedience as a vowed duty (vrata).

A speaker (reported by Vaiśampāyana) asserts that Dhṛtarāṣṭra, as revered elder and king, must be obeyed; the group frames compliance with his order as their collective vow.