वैशंपायन उवाच
शौनकेनैवम् उक्तस् तु कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
पुरोहितम् उपागम्य भ्रातृमध्ये ऽब्रवीद् इदम् ॥
प्रस्थितं मानुयान्तीमे ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ॥
न चास्मि पालने शक्तो बहुदुःखसमन्वितः ॥
परित्यक्तुं न शक्नोमि दानशक्तिश् च नास्ति मे ॥
कथम् अत्र मया कार्यं भगवांस् तद् ब्रवीतु मे ॥
मुहूर्तम् इव स ध्यात्वा धर्मेणान्विष्य तां गतिम् ॥
युधिष्ठिरम् उवाचेदं धौम्यो धर्मभृतां वरः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
śaunakenaivam uktas tu kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
purohitam upāgamya bhrātṛmadhye 'bravīd idam ||
prasthitaṃ mānuyāntīme brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ ||
na cāsmi pālane śakto bahuduḥkhasamanvitaḥ ||
parityaktuṃ na śaknomi dānaśaktiś ca nāsti me ||
katham atra mayā kāryaṃ bhagavāṃs tad bravītu me ||
muhūrtam iva sa dhyātvā dharmeṇānviṣya tāṃ gatim ||
yudhiṣṭhiram uvācedaṃ dhaumyo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ||
When Shaunaka had spoken thus, Kunti's son Yudhishthira approached his priest among his brothers and said: 'These brahmins, who have reached the end of the Vedas, follow me now that I have set out on this path. But beset with many sorrows, I am not able to support them. I cannot abandon them, yet I have no power to give. What am I to do? Let the lord tell me.' Dhaumya, best of the keepers of dharma, seemed to ponder for a moment, seeking the path according to dharma, and said this to Yudhishthira.
e7783a520963 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 4:33:27 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Yudhishthira turns not to cunning but to his priest. When means are lacking, he seeks not a loophole but the path of dharma. The order here matters: first acknowledge one's own powerlessness, then ask one who sees further.