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Shloka 1

Gautama’s Flight, the Enchanted Grove, and the Arrival of Rājadharma

Nāḍījaṅgha

/ ऑपन-माज बछ। -ज:डि द्विषष्ट्याधिकशततमो< ध्याय: सत्यके लक्षण

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | satyaṃ dharmaṃ praśaṃsanti viprarṣipitṛdevatāḥ | satyam icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ tan me brūhi pitāmaha ||

Yudhiṣṭhira thưa: “Các Bà-la-môn, các bậc hiền triết (ṛṣi), tổ tiên và chư thiên đều tán dương sự chân thật như một hình thái của dharma. Vì vậy, con muốn được nghe ‘chân lý’ thực sự là gì—xin Ngài, bậc Tổ phụ (Pitāmaha), hãy chỉ dạy cho con.”

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
धर्मम्dharma, righteous duty
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रशंसन्तिpraise
प्रशंसन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootशंस्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
विप्राःbrahmins
विप्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ऋषयःsages
ऋषयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पितरःmanes, ancestors
पितरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
देवताःdeities
देवताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इच्छामिI wish, I desire
इच्छामि:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormPresent, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहम्
FormNominative, Singular
श्रोतुम्to hear
श्रोतुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormTumun (infinitive)
तत्that (i.e., it)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative, Singular
ब्रूहिtell (me)
ब्रूहि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
पितामहO grandsire
पितामह:
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
B
Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
V
viprāḥ (Brahmins)
ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)
P
pitaraḥ (Ancestors)
D
devatāḥ (Gods)

Educational Q&A

Truthfulness (satya) is presented as a central expression of dharma, praised across human and divine authorities; the verse frames satya as foundational to moral order and worthy of precise definition.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma as ‘Grandfather’ and requests a clear explanation of what truth is, setting up Bhīṣma’s forthcoming discourse on satya—its nature, marks, and greatness.