Shloka 5

अध्याय १५ (Āśramavāsika-parva): धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनवासानुज्ञायाचनम् — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s renewed plea for consent to forest-dwelling

Devanagari script

कृपं निवर्तयामास युयुत्सुं च महारथम्‌ । धृतराष्ट्री महीपाल: परिदाप्य युधिष्ठिरे,महाराज धुृतराष्ट्रने कृपाचार्य और महारथी युयुत्सुको युधिष्ठिरके हाथों सौंपकर लौटाया

Transliteration

kṛpaṃ nivartayāmāsa yuyutsuṃ ca mahāratham | dhṛtarāṣṭrī mahīpālaḥ paridāpya yudhiṣṭhire ||

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说：持国王遣返了克利波与大车战士优优卒，并将二人托付于坚战，遂自此退去。此事昭示持国王最终从王权纠葛中抽身，欲将所倚重的长老与盟友置于奉法之王的庇护之下，使个人出离与法（dharma）与责任之要求相契合。

Word by Word

• कृपम्: Kripa (the person)
• कृपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निवर्तयामास: sent back / caused to return
• निवर्तयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवृत्/वृत् (धातु) + णिच् (निवर्तयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• युयुत्सुम्: Yuyutsu
• युयुत्सुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुत्सु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• महारथम्: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महारथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्री: Dhritarashtri (Gandhari)
• धृतराष्ट्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महीपालः: the king / ruler of the earth
• महीपालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिदाप्य: having entrusted / having handed over
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि + दा (धातु) (णिच्) → परिदापयति; ल्यप्-अव्यय (परिदाप्य)
• Form: Absolutive (ल्यप्), Causative sense

• युधिष्ठिरे: to/with Yudhishthira (lit. in Yudhishthira)
• युधिष्ठिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)
• Yuyutsu
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in withdrawal and grief, dharma requires orderly transfer of responsibility: Dhṛtarāṣṭra ensures that respected elders and loyal allies are placed under the protection of the rightful king, balancing personal renunciation with social duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sends Kṛpa and the great warrior Yuyutsu back and formally entrusts them to Yudhiṣṭhira, then turns back—signaling a step away from courtly life and toward the forest-ascetic phase associated with the Āśramavāsika events.