Shloka 14

Devanagari script

चिरायमाणे नकुले कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: । अब्रवीद्‌ भ्रातरं वीर॑ं सहदेवमरिंदमम्‌,नकुलके लौटनेमें जब अधिक विलम्ब हो गया, तब कुन्तीनन्दन युधिष्ठिरने अपने शत्रुहन्ता वीर भ्राता सहदेवसे कहा--

Transliteration

cirāyamāṇe nakule kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | abravīd bhrātaraṃ vīraṃ sahadevam ariṃdamam ||

Translation

Khi Nakula đã chậm trễ rất lâu, Yudhiṣṭhira—con của Kuntī—liền nói với người em trai anh dũng Sahadeva, kẻ khuất phục quân thù, thúc giục chàng hành động trước nỗi lo đang dâng lên.

Word by Word

चिरायमाणेwhen (there was) delay / while delaying

नकुलेin/with regard to Nakula

कुन्तीपुत्रःKunti's son

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

अब्रवीत्said / spoke

भ्रातरम्to (his) brother

वीरम्heroic, brave

सहदेवम्Sahadeva

अरिंदमम्enemy-subduing

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yaksha

Nakula

Kunti

Yudhishthira

Sahadeva

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights accountable leadership and fraternal duty: when a companion entrusted with a task is overdue, one should respond thoughtfully—seeking the cause and ensuring safety—rather than remaining passive.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the forest episode associated with the Yaksha, Nakula does not return for a long time. Yudhiṣṭhira, concerned, addresses Sahadeva and directs him to respond to the situation, setting up the sequence of brothers going in search.