Shloka 4

Puṣkara-Tīrtha-Māhātmya and the Phala of Pilgrimage

Nārada–Yudhiṣṭhira; Pulastya–Bhīṣma Transmission

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच गते तु पाण्डवे तात काम्यकात्‌ सत्यविक्रमे । बभूवु: पाण्डवेयास्ते दु:ः:खशोकपरायणा:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--तात! सत्यपराक्रमी पाण्डुकुमार अर्जुनके काम्यकवनसे चले जानेपर सभी पाण्डव उनके लिये दुःख और शोकमें मग्न रहने लगे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | gate tu pāṇḍave tāta kāmyakāt satyavikrame | babhūvuḥ pāṇḍaveyās te duḥkhaśokaparāyaṇāḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «يا بُنيّ، لما غادر الباندڤا—أرجونا ذو البأس الصادق الثابت—غابة كامْيَكا، غلب الحزن والأسى أبناء باندو من أجله.»

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

गतेwhen (he) had gone

तुbut/indeed

पाण्डवेin/when the Pandava (Arjuna)

तातO dear (son)/O child

काम्यकात्from (the) Kamyaka (forest)

सत्यविक्रमेin/when the true-in-valour one (Arjuna)

बभूवुःbecame/were

पाण्डवेयाःthe sons of Pandu (Pandavas)

तेthey/those

दुःखशोकपरायणाःintent on/absorbed in sorrow and grief

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Pāṇḍavas

Pāṇḍu

Kāmyaka forest

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and emotional dimension of dharma in exile: even heroic duty-driven departures carry a human cost, and the strength of fraternal bonds is shown through shared grief rather than indifference.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna has left the Kāmyaka forest, and the remaining Pāṇḍavas are described as becoming absorbed in sorrow and grief because of his departure.