Shloka 4

अर्जुनस्य तीर्थयात्रा तथा मणलूर-सम्बन्धः

Arjuna’s Pilgrimage and the Maṇalūra Alliance

Devanagari script

श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं सर्व विस्तरेण तपोधन । तेषां चेष्टितमन्योन्यं युक्तानां कृष्णया सह,तपोधन! द्रौपदीसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाले उन पाण्डवोंका आपसमें कैसा बर्ताव था, यह सब मैं विस्तारके साथ सुनना चाहता हूँ

Transliteration

Janamejaya uvāca | śrotum icchāmy ahaṁ sarvaṁ vistareṇa tapodhana | teṣāṁ ceṣṭitam anyonyaṁ yuktānāṁ kṛṣṇayā saha ||

Translation

Janamejaya sprach: „O Asket, reich an Entsagung, ich wünsche alles ausführlich zu hören: wie jene Brüder, mit Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) vereint, sich einander gegenüber verhielten, und wie ihr gegenseitiger Umgang und ihr Benehmen beschaffen waren.“

Word by Word

श्रोतुम्to hear

इच्छामिI desire

अहम्I

सर्वम्all (of it)

विस्तरेणin detail / with विस्तार

तपोधनO treasure of austerity (ascetic)

तेषाम्of them

चand

चेष्टितम्conduct / behavior

अन्योन्यम्mutually / with one another

युक्तानाम्of those joined/associated

कृष्णयाwith Krishna (Draupadi)

सहtogether with

तपोधनO ascetic

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

Tapodhana (addressed sage, traditionally Vaiśampāyana in the Janamejaya dialogue)

Pāṇḍavas

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames an ethical inquiry: Janamejaya seeks a detailed account of how the Pāṇḍavas maintained mutual propriety and harmony while being jointly connected with Draupadī—highlighting dharma as lived conduct (ācāra) within complex family and marital arrangements.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya, continuing his questions to the narrating sage, asks to hear in full detail the mutual behavior and interactions among the Pāṇḍavas in relation to one another, specifically in the context of their shared association with Draupadī (Kṛṣṇā).