Shloka 1

Devanagari script

अपन का छा | अप्-४#-काल जा एकोनषशष्टितमो< ध्याय: ब्रह्माजीके नीतिशास्त्रका तथा राजा पृथुके चरित्रका वर्णन वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः कल्यं समुत्थाय कृतपूर्वाह्निकक्रिया: । ययुस्ते नगराकारै रथै: पाण्डवयादवा:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर दूसरे दिन सबेरे उठकर पाण्डव और यदुवंशी वीर पूर्वाह्नकालके नित्यकर्म पूर्ण करनेके अनन्तर नगराकार विशाल रथोंपर सवार हो हस्तिनापुरसे चल दिये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tataḥ kalyaṃ samutthāya kṛtapūrvāhṇikakriyāḥ | yayus te nagarākārair rathaiḥ pāṇḍavayādavāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Then, O Janamejaya, on the next day at dawn, the Pāṇḍavas and the Yādava heroes rose and, having completed their prescribed morning rites, mounted great chariots fashioned like moving cities, and set out from Hastināpura.”

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

कल्यम्in the morning, at dawn

समुत्थायhaving risen

कृतdone, performed

पूर्वाह्निकthe forenoon rites

क्रियाःritual acts, duties

ययुःthey went

तेthose, they

नगराकारैःwith city-like (huge) [ones]

रथैःwith chariots

पाण्डवthe Pandavas

यादवाःthe Yadavas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Yādavas

chariots (ratha)

city-like chariots (nagarākāra ratha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic discipline: even powerful warriors begin the day by rising early and completing prescribed morning observances before undertaking public or political action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the Pāṇḍavas and Yādavas, after finishing their morning rites, depart together on massive, city-like chariots, marking a transition to the next episode.