Shloka 36

Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच तथेत्युक्त्वा च गत्वा च भीष्ममूचु: कुमारका:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--“बहुत अच्छा” कहकर वे कुमार भीष्मजीके पास गये और ब्राह्यणकी सच्ची बातों तथा उनके उस अद्भुत पराक्रमको भी उन्होंने भीष्मजीसे कह सुनाया। कुमारोंकी बातें सुनकर भीष्मजी समझ गये कि वे आचार्य द्रोण हैं

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tathety uktvā ca gatvā ca Bhīṣmam ūcuḥ kumārakāḥ.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Nachdem sie geantwortet hatten: „So sei es“, gingen die jungen Prinzen zu Bhīṣma und berichteten ihm die wahrhaftigen Worte des Brahmanen sowie die erstaunliche Tapferkeit, die er gezeigt hatte. Als Bhīṣma ihren Bericht hörte, erkannte er, dass der Brahmane niemand anders war als Ācārya Droṇa.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

तथाthus / so

इतिthus (quotative)

उक्त्वाhaving said

चand

गत्वाhaving gone

चand

भीष्मम्Bhīṣma

ऊचुःtold / said

कुमारकाःthe boys / young lads

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīṣma

kumārakāḥ (the boys/youths)

brāhmaṇa (the brāhmaṇa in question)

Droṇa (Ācārya Droṇa)

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?

Truthful reporting and discernment are presented as ethical strengths: the boys convey the brāhmaṇa’s words and deeds faithfully, and Bhīṣma uses careful judgment to identify the person behind the extraordinary prowess—recognizing Droṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

After agreeing (“So be it”), the boys go to Bhīṣma and narrate the brāhmaṇa’s true statements and remarkable feats. From their report, Bhīṣma concludes that the brāhmaṇa is actually Ācārya Droṇa.