Shloka 32
वंशानुकीर्तनम् — Genealogical Recitation from Dakṣa to Yayāti and the Establishment of the Paurava Line
ध्वजिनीमश्वसम्बाधां पदातिगजसंकुलाम् । अवस्थाप्य वनद्वारि सेनामिदमुवाच स:
dhvajinīm aśva-sambādhāṁ padāti-gaja-saṅkulām | avasthāpya vana-dvāri senām idam uvāca saḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Having halted the army at the entrance to the forest—an army marked by its standards, dense with horses, and crowded with foot-soldiers and elephants—he then spoke these words.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in contexts of power and conflict, effective leadership is shown through restraint and orderly conduct—halting and arranging one’s forces before crossing into uncertain terrain symbolizes deliberation, discipline, and responsibility.
The narrator describes a leader stopping a bannered army—crowded with horses, infantry, and elephants—at the forest entrance, and then beginning to address the troops or companions with a speech that follows.