महाभारत · 2.69.21
॥
देवनागरी
वैशंपायन उवाच
एवम् उक्तस् तथेत्य् उक्त्वा पाण्डवः सत्यविक्रमः ॥
भीष्मद्रोणौ नमस्कृत्य प्रातिष्ठत युधिष्ठिरः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
evam uktas tathety uktvā pāṇḍavaḥ satyavikramaḥ ||
bhīṣmadroṇau namaskṛtya prātiṣṭhata yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
एवम् उक्तस् तथ इति उक्त्वा पाण्डवः सत्य-विक्रमःevam uktas tatha iti uktvā pāṇḍavaḥ satya-vikramaḥthus instructed, having said 'so be it,' the Pandava, whose valor is in truth,
भीष्म-द्रोणौ नमस्कृत्य प्रातिष्ठत युधिष्ठिरःbhīṣma-droṇau namaskṛtya prātiṣṭhata yudhiṣṭhiraḥhaving bowed to Bhishma and Drona, Yudhishthira set out.
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथेत्य्tathetyoriginal form "tathety", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सत्यविक्रमःsatyavikramaḥoriginal form "satyavikramaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भीष्मद्रोणौbhīṣmadroṇauoriginal form "bhīṣmadroṇau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
Thus instructed, having said 'so be it,' the Pandava, whose valor is in truth, having bowed to Bhishma and Drona, Yudhishthira set out.
संस्करण
d69c5f544952 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 4:12:36 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Called ‘he whose valor is in truth,’ Yudhishthira leaves the assembly not with a curse but with a bow to his elders — Bhishma and Drona, the very ones who did not defend him. Thus his highest valor is shown not in strength of arm but in fidelity to truth and to reverence, unshaken even in humiliation. His brief ‘so be it’ is an acceptance both of Vidura’s counsel and of his own lot: the righteous man does not complain but agrees to bear what is appointed. The verse teaches that a man’s greatness lies in truth and humility, not in triumph; that the noble, even when wronged, renders honor to those worthy of their rank, separating the rank from their failure; and that one who sets out on a path of sorrow with a bow and with assent already carries within himself the pledge of a victorious return.