Shloka 146

धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Permission for Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

भवन्तो5स्य च वीरस्य न्यासभूता: कृता मया । मुझे ये बातें अवश्य कहनी चाहिये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | bhavanto 'sya ca vīrasya nyāsabhūtāḥ kṛtā mayā |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“我已使你们众人成为这位英勇国王的托付之人。念及‘这些话我必当说’，故我如此宣告：我将国王由提施提罗作为神圣之托付交在你们手中；同样，我也将你们交付于这位勇武君王之手，如同托付一般——使彼此的责任、护佑与合乎法度的劝谏得以维系。”

Word by Word

• भवन्तः: you (honorable persons)
• भवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• वीरस्य: of the hero
• वीरस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• न्यासभूताः: having become a trust/deposit (as trustees)
• न्यासभूताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्यास-भूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृताः: made/appointed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कृत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous governance depends on mutual trusteeship: elders/counselors must safeguard and guide the king, and the king must protect and honor them—treating each other as a sacred trust (nyāsa) under dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker formally designates a group of respected persons as guardians/trustees for the heroic king (identified in the accompanying context as Yudhiṣṭhira), emphasizing that this entrustment is a deliberate ethical charge, not merely a political arrangement.