महाभारत · 1.113.43
॥
देवनागरी
वैशंपायन उवाच
सा तथोक्ता तथेत्य् उक्त्वा तेन भर्त्रा वराङ्गना ॥
अभिवाद्याभ्यनुज्ञाता प्रदक्षिणम् अवर्तत ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
sā tathoktā tathety uktvā tena bhartrā varāṅganā ||
abhivādyābhyanujñātā pradakṣiṇam avartata ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
सा तथा उक्ता तथा इति उक्त्वा तेन भर्त्रा वराङ्गनाsā tathā uktā tathā iti uktvā tena bhartrā varāṅganāthus entreated by that husband, the beautiful wife, having said "so be it,"
अभिवाद्य अभ्यनुज्ञाता प्रदक्षिणम् अवर्ततabhivādya abhyanujñātā pradakṣiṇam avartatahaving bowed and been given leave [by him], performed circumambulation (pradakshina) keeping him to her right
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथोक्ताtathoktāoriginal form "tathoktā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथेत्य्tathetyoriginal form "tathety", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अभिवाद्याभ्यनुज्ञाताabhivādyābhyanujñātāoriginal form "abhivādyābhyanujñātā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Vaishampayana said: "Thus entreated by her husband, the beautiful wife, having said 'so be it,' bowed, and, given leave by him, performed the circumambulation keeping him to her right."
संस्करण
a4e3b1e63bbb · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 4:41:49 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Kunti, having agreed, proceeds to the sacred rite. Her actions are telling: "so be it," the bow, the leave granted, the pradakshina (circumambulation keeping the honored one to the right) — all display reverence and ritual purity. It can be seen that even this unusual undertaking is performed by her not boldly but reverently, as a sacred act. It is telling that she proceeds only "given leave" by her husband — in full accord and obedience. Thus scripture, concluding the couple's conversation, leads to the very mystery of the summoning of the god: what Kunti is about to do is not self-will nor sin, but an act sanctified by consent, by rite, and by purity, from which the first righteous Pandava will be born. The following chapter will reveal the descent of the god Dharma and the birth of Yudhishthira.