Shloka 189

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

अमोक्षयद्‌ यत्र चैन॑ प्रश्नानुक्त्वा युधिष्ठिर: । काम्यकागमन चैव पुनस्तेषां महात्मनाम्‌,धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने अजगर-वेशधारी नहुषके प्रश्नोंका उत्तर देकर भीमसेनको छुड़ा लिया। इसके बाद महानुभाव पाण्डव पुन: काम्यकवनमें आये

Transliteration

amokṣayad yatra caiva praśnān uktvā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | kāmyakāgamanam caiva punas teṣāṃ mahātmanām |

Translation

在那里，坚战答毕诸问，遂使其弟得释。其后，这些大心之士又复归于迦弥迦林。此段昭示：坚守达摩——以真实而明辨的言辞与自制为其表征——即使身处险厄，亦能成为护佑与解脱之道。

Word by Word

• अमोक्षयत्: released, set free
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (मोचने)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

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

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रश्नान्: questions
• प्रश्नान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उक्त्वा: having said/answered
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (वचने)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active (कर्तरि)

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काम्यकागमनम्: the coming to Kāmyaka (forest)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम्यक + आगमन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled (ones)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kāmyaka forest
• Pāṇḍavas (implied by 'teṣām mahātmanām')
• Bhīmasena (from the accompanying narrative note)
• Nahūṣa (Ajagara-veśa; from the accompanying narrative note)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is upheld not only by action but by disciplined, truthful, and wise speech: Yudhiṣṭhira’s correct answering of questions becomes the ethical instrument that protects others and restores order.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Yudhiṣṭhira answers the questions posed in that episode (connected in the tradition with Nahūṣa in serpent-like guise), he brings about the release of his brother (Bhīma), and then the Pāṇḍavas return once more to the Kāmyaka forest.