Shloka 13

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Procession, Encampment (Niveśa), and Auspicious Timing for Ritual Action

Devanagari script

ते वयं प्रणिपातेन गिरीशस्य महात्मन:

Transliteration

te vayaṁ praṇipātena girīśasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“我等以俯伏顶礼之谦恭，趋近大心的吉利沙（湿婆）。”

Word by Word

• ते: they / those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, plural

• प्रणिपातेन: by prostration / with obeisance
• प्रणिपातेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणिपात
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• गिरीशस्य: of Girīśa (Lord of mountains; Śiva)
• गिरीशस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरीश
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Girīśa (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights praṇipāta—humble prostration—as a dharmic mode of approaching the divine and the venerable, implying that true strength and right action are grounded in reverence and surrender of ego.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports that ‘we’ (the involved party in the episode) approached Girīśa (Śiva) with reverential prostration, indicating a formal act of devotion or supplication before a significant request or turning point.