Shloka 4

अध्याय १८४ — भैक्षविभागः, शयनविधानम्, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य निवेदनम्

Alms Distribution, Night Lodging, and Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Report

Devanagari script

कक ५ 520० "2 582 2223 आ »“१>+ "| 2 से 3९८४ ही ; #90500 2 ३ +्जछ रे |, ९ पश्यन्तो रमणीयानि वनानि च सरांसि च । तत्र तत्र वसन्तश्व शनैर्जग्मुर्महारथा:,महारथी पाण्डव मार्गमें अनेकानेक रमणीय वन और सरोवर देखते तथा उन-उन स्थानोंमें डेरा डालते हुए धीरे-धीरे आगे बढ़ते गये

Transliteration

paśyanto ramaṇīyāni vanāni ca sarāṃsi ca | tatra tatra vasantas te śanair jagmur mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

قال فَيْشَمْبايَنَة: وبينما كانوا يمضون في سفرهم، أبصر أولئك المقاتلون العظام على المركبات غاباتٍ بهيجة وبحيراتٍ كثيرة. وكانوا ينزلون هنا وهناك على الطريق، ويتقدمون رويدًا رويدًا بخطى موزونة، كمسافرين منضبطين لا كفارّين مستعجلين.

Word by Word

पश्यन्तःseeing

रमणीयानिdelightful, charming

वनानिforests

चand

सरांसिlakes, ponds

चand

तत्रthere

तत्रthere (here and there)

वसन्तःdwelling, camping

चand

शनैःslowly, gradually

जग्मुःwent, proceeded

महारथाःgreat warriors

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

mahārathāḥ (great warriors)

forests (vanāni)

lakes/ponds (sarāṃsi)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadiness and self-control in adversity: even powerful heroes proceed calmly, pausing appropriately, observing the world without being driven by haste—an ethic of disciplined endurance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes the heroes traveling onward; they look upon beautiful forests and lakes and, camping at different spots along the route, continue their journey slowly and steadily.