Shloka 16
Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)
सत्यवादी शमपरस्तपस्वी दग्धकिल्बिष: । समुत्पन्न: स तु महान् सह पित्रा ततो गतः,“वे सत्यवादी, शान्त, तपस्वी और पापशान्य हैं। वे उत्पन्न होते ही बड़े होकर उस द्वीपसे अपने पिताके साथ चले गये थे
satyavādī śamaparaḥ tapasvī dagdhakilbiṣaḥ | samutpannaḥ sa tu mahān saha pitrā tato gataḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: He was a speaker of truth, devoted to inner calm, and steadfast in austerity; his sins had been burnt away. And having come into being, he soon grew into greatness, and then departed from that place together with his father.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises ethical and spiritual virtues—truthfulness, tranquility, and austerity—and presents them as purifying forces that burn away moral taint (kilbiṣa), leading to greatness and worthy conduct.
Vaiśampāyana describes a virtuous figure characterized by truth, calm, and ascetic discipline; having arisen and become great, he departs together with his father from that place.