Shloka 46

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं ते पुरुषव्याप्रा: सर्वे व्यायतबाहव: । प्रतिज्ञा बहुला: कृत्वा धृतराष्ट्रमुपागमन्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! इस प्रकार वे सभी पुरुषसिंह महाबाहु पाण्डव बहुत-सी प्रतिज्ञाएँ करके राजा धृतराष्ट्रके पास गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca evaṁ te puruṣavyāprāḥ sarve vyāyatabāhavaḥ | pratijñā bahulāḥ kṛtvā dhṛtarāṣṭram upāgaman ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O König, so gingen jene löwengleichen Männer—alle Pāṇḍavas, breitarmig und tatkräftig—nachdem sie viele feierliche Gelübde abgelegt hatten, zu König Dhṛtarāṣṭra.“

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

तेthey / those

पुरुषव्याघ्राःtigers among men (great heroes)

सर्वेall

व्यायतबाहवःhaving long/extended arms (mighty-armed)

प्रतिज्ञाःvows, promises

बहुलाःmany, numerous

कृत्वाhaving made / having taken (vows)

धृतराष्ट्रम्Dhṛtarāṣṭra

उपागमन्approached, went to

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

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 moral weight of pratijñā (solemn vows): righteous agents bind themselves by promises and then act accordingly, approaching authority not merely with power but with accountable resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

After making multiple vows, the strong-armed Pāṇḍavas proceed to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, indicating a formal approach to the Kuru court and the next step in the unfolding political-ethical conflict.