Mahabharata 3.147.1 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 147, Shloka 1

Bhīmasena–Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path

Devanagari script

६:22...8 #::3:.7 (_) मा अल - गौके समान एक प्रकारका जंगली पशु

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tatra te puruṣavyāprāḥ paramaṃ śaucam āsthitāḥ | ṣaḍātram avasan vīrā dhanañjayadidṛkṣavaḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: هناك أقام أولئك الرجال ذوو الهمة، راسخين في أسمى طهارة السلوك، ستَّ ليالٍ—أبطالًا يتوقون إلى رؤية دهننْجَيا (أرجونا).

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaishampayana (the sage)
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुरुषव्याप्राः: tiger-like men (best of men)
• पुरुषव्याप्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याप्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परमम्: supreme/very great
• परमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शौचम्: purity/cleanliness
• शौचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थिताः: having adopted/observing
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: Past active participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• षट्: six
• Type: Numeral
• Root: षट्

• रात्रम्: for (a period of) nights
• रात्रम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, Accusative singular used adverbially for duration

• अवसन्: stayed/dwelt
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वीराः: heroes/brave ones
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धनंजय: Dhananjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजय: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, Object of 'to see' implied by desiderative

• दिदृक्षवः: wishing to see/eager to behold
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Desiderative (san) from √दृश्; present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• the Pāṇḍava heroes (implied by vīrāḥ/te)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds śauca—purity of body, mind, and conduct—as a prerequisite for sacred aims and disciplined waiting; the heroes’ eagerness to see Arjuna is framed within restraint and purification rather than impatience.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Pāṇḍava heroes remain at that location for six nights, maintaining strict purity, because they are eager to meet and see Arjuna (Dhanañjaya).