Mahabharata 4.13.6 — Virata Parva, Adhyaya 13, Shloka 6

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 13 — Kīcaka’s Proposition and Draupadī’s Dharmic Refusal

Devanagari script

अज्ञातं च विराटस्य विजित्य वसु धर्मराट्‌ । भ्रातृभ्य: पुरुषव्याप्रो यथा सम्प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

ajñātaṃ ca virāṭasya vijitya vasu dharmarāṭ | bhrātṛbhyaḥ puruṣavyāghro yathā samprayacchati |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Khi thắng được của cải, đức vua công chính Yudhiṣṭhira—mãnh hổ giữa loài người—liền phân chia cho các em mình đúng theo phần. Mà vua Virāṭa cũng không hề hay biết.”

Word by Word

• अज्ञातम्: unknown, unnoticed
• अज्ञातम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज्ञात
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विराटस्य: of Virāṭa
• विराटस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विजित्य: having won/conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā/lyap), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• वसु: wealth, riches
• वसु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मराट्: Dharma-king (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराट्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्रातृभ्यः: to (his) brothers
• भ्रातृभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: tiger among men
• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सम्प्रयच्छति: gives, distributes
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (प्र-यम्)
• Form: Present, Indicative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Virāṭa
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• the brothers (Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even under pressure and in concealment, dharma is maintained through fairness, restraint, and responsibility: Yudhiṣṭhira does not hoard winnings but distributes them appropriately to his brothers, while also safeguarding the necessary secrecy of their incognito life.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Pāṇḍavas’ incognito stay connected with Virāṭa’s realm, Yudhiṣṭhira wins wealth (in play) and quietly apportions it among his brothers. King Virāṭa remains unaware of both the true identities and these internal arrangements.