Shloka 117

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

Devanagari script

पुत्राश्न भ्रातरश्नेमे शिष्या श्व सुहृदश्ष व: । पाण्डवा एत इत्युक्त्वा मुनयो<न्तर्हितास्तत:,ऋषियोंने वहाँ जाकर धृतराष्ट्र एवं उनके पुत्रोंसे कहा--“ये तुम्हारे पुत्र, भाई, शिष्य और सुहृद्‌ हैं। ये सभी महाराज पाण्डुके ही पुत्र हैं।। इतना कहकर वे मुनि वहाँसे अन्तर्धान हो गये

Translation

The sages went there and said to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and his sons, “These are your sons, your brothers, your pupils, and your well-wishers—these are the Pāṇḍavas, the sons of King Pāṇḍu.” Having spoken thus, the munis vanished from that place.

Word by Word

पुत्राःsons

चand

भ्रातरःbrothers

चand

इमेthese

शिष्याःdisciples

चand

सुहृदःfriends, well-wishers

चand

वःof you / your

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

एतेthese

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

मुनयःthe sages

अन्तर्हिताःvanished, disappeared

ततःthen, thereafter

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes