महाभारत · 2.65.1
॥
देवनागरी
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
राजन् किं करवामस् ते प्रशाध्य् अस्मांस् त्वम् ईश्वरः ॥
नित्यं हि स्थातुम् इच्छामस् तव भारत शासने ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
rājan kiṃ karavāmas te praśādhy asmāṃs tvam īśvaraḥ ||
nityaṃ hi sthātum icchāmas tava bhārata śāsane ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
राजन् किं करवामस् ते प्रशाध्य् अस्मांस् त्वम् ईश्वरःrājan kiṃ karavāmas te praśādhy asmāṃs tvam īśvaraḥ'O king, what shall we do for you? Command us -- you are the lord;
नित्यं हि स्थातुम् इच्छामस् तव भारत शासनेnityaṃ hi sthātum icchāmas tava bhārata śāsanefor we always wish to remain under your command, O Bharata.'
युधिष्ठिरyudhiṣṭhiraoriginal form "yudhiṣṭhira", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
[Yudhishthira:] 'O king, what shall we do for you? Command us -- you are our lord; for we ever wish to remain under your rule, O Bharata.'
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Having suffered the greatest disgrace, he first of all bows in submission before the head of the family -- and in this humility there is more strength than in any wrath. Yudhishthira does not display his grievances or demand vengeance, but surrenders himself to the will of his elder, as befits the righteous. Thus dharma reveals itself as independent of whether reverence has been earned: rank and gray hair are honored even when the one who bears them has permitted injustice. The verse teaches that true nobility does not settle scores at the hour when it could; that submission before an elder is not an admission of his rightness but faithfulness to the order of the world; and that it is by just such freedom from malice that the righteous man opens a path to reconciliation unreachable by the avenger.