Shloka 16

वनप्रस्थानम् (Departure for the Forest) — Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 24

Devanagari script

ते यात्वा पाण्डवास्तत्र ब्राह्मणैर्बहुभि: सह । पुण्यं द्वेतवनं रम्यं विविशुर्भरतर्षभा:,वहाँ पहुँचकर भरतश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवोंने बहुत-से ब्राह्मणोंके साथ पवित्र एवं रमणीय द्वैतवनमें प्रवेश किया

Transliteration

te yātvā pāṇḍavās tatra brāhmaṇair bahubhiḥ saha | puṇyaṃ dvaitavanaṃ ramyaṃ viviśur bharatarṣabhāḥ ||

Translation

فلما بلغ الباندافا ذلك الموضع—وهم خِيارُ آلِ بهاراتا—دخلوا غابة دْفَيْتَفَنَة المقدّسة البهيجة، ومعهم كثيرٌ من البراهمة.

Word by Word

तेthey (those)

यात्वाhaving gone

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

तत्रthere

ब्राह्मणैःwith Brahmins

बहुभिःmany

सहtogether with

पुण्यम्holy, sacred

द्वैतवनम्Dvaītavana (the forest named Dvaita)

रम्यम्delightful, charming

विविशुःentered

भरतर्षभाःbulls among the Bharatas (best of the Bharata race)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pāṇḍavas

Brāhmaṇas

Dvaitavana

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 the ethical value of keeping company with the virtuous (brāhmaṇas) and seeking sanctified spaces; even in adversity, dharmic life is supported by satsanga and reverence for holy places.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaishampayana states that the Pāṇḍavas arrive and enter the sacred, beautiful forest called Dvaitavana, accompanied by many brāhmaṇas.