Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पाण्डवास्तु महेष्वासं कर्ण सौभद्रमेव च । सम्प्रहर्षात्‌ समाजम्मुद्रौपदेयांश्व॒ सर्वश:,पाण्डव महाधनुर्धर कर्ण, सुभद्राकुमार अभिमन्यु और द्रौपदीके पाँचों पुत्र--इन सबके साथ अत्यन्त हर्षपूर्वक मिले

Transliteration

pāṇḍavās tu maheṣvāsaṃ karṇa-saubhadram eva ca | sampraharṣāt samājam mudrāupadeyāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: إن الباندافا، وقد غمرتهم فرحة عظيمة، اجتمعوا مع أبهيمانيو، الرامي الجبار ابن سوبهادرا، ومع جميع أبناء دروبدي.

Word by Word

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

तुbut/indeed

महेष्वासम्the great archer (lit. one having a great bow)

कर्णम्Karna

सौभद्रम्the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu)

एवalso/indeed

चand

सम्प्रहर्षात्from/with great joy (out of exhilaration)

समाजम्assembly/gathering

द्रौपदेयान्the sons of Draupadi

चand

सर्वशःentirely/in every way/all together

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Abhimanyu (Saubhadra)

Subhadrā

Draupadī

Draupadeyas (sons of Draupadī)

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?

Even amid the aftermath of conflict, dharma is sustained through solidarity, honoring kinship, and acknowledging the heirs and dependents of the family line; joy here signals the ethical value of reconciliation and communal support.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that the Pāṇḍavas, delighted, come together in a meeting with Abhimanyu (Subhadrā’s son) and with all of Draupadī’s sons, emphasizing a collective gathering of the principal family members.