Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्छिरो राजा धर्मपुत्रो महामना: । संनिवर्त्यानुजान्‌ सर्वानिति होवाच भारत

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā dharmaputro mahāmanāḥ | saṃnivartyānujān sarvān iti hovāca bhārata ||

Translation

于是，国王坚战——达摩之子、胸怀宏大者——约束住诸位弟弟，便如此说道，噢，婆罗多。此颂彰显坚战的伦理领导：他不唯以权威治众，更以自制与担当抑止冲动之举，引导弟弟们走向契合达摩之道。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

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

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मपुत्रः: son of Dharma
• धर्मपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महामनाः: great-minded, noble-souled
• महामनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संनिवर्त्य: having turned back / having restrained
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-वृत्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अनुजान्: younger brothers
• अनुजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• होवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• the younger brothers of Yudhiṣṭhira (the Pāṇḍavas collectively)
• Bhārata (addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical leadership is shown through restraint and discernment: Yudhiṣṭhira, as Dharmaputra, checks the impulses of his brothers and speaks after establishing control, modeling governance rooted in dharma rather than anger or haste.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the opening of the Virāṭa Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira intervenes to restrain all his younger brothers and then begins to address them, setting the stage for a considered plan and disciplined conduct during the events that follow.