Shloka 5

Devanagari script

वनानि रम्याणि नदी: सरांसि गुहा गिरीणां गिरिगह्वराणि एते निवासा: सततं बभूवु- दिवानिशं प्राप्प नरर्षभाणाम्‌,पुरुषरत्न पाण्डव कभी रमणीय वनोंमें, कभी सरोवरोंके किनारे, कभी नदियोंके तटपर और कभी पर्वतोंकी छोटी-बड़ी गुफाओंमें दिन या रातके समय ठहरते जाते थे। सदा ऐसे ही स्थानोंमें उनका निवास होता था

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | vanāni ramyāṇi nadyaḥ sarāṃsi guhā girīṇāṃ girigahvarāṇi | ete nivāsāḥ satataṃ babhūvur divāniśaṃ prāpya nararṣabhāṇām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: For those bull-like men among humans (the Pāṇḍavas), delightful forests, riverbanks, lakes, and the caves and rocky hollows of mountains became their constant dwelling places. Moving on by day and by night, they repeatedly took shelter in such wild retreats—an image of endurance and disciplined life in exile.

Word by Word

वनानिforests

रम्याणिbeautiful, delightful

नद्यःrivers

सरांसिlakes, ponds

गुहाःcaves

गिरीणाम्of mountains

गिरिof a mountain

गह्वराणिcaverns, mountain-hollows

एतेthese

निवासाःdwelling-places, abodes

सततम्always, continually

बभूवुःbecame, were

दिवाby day

निशम्by night

प्राप्पattained, reached (stayed at)

नरर्षभाणाम्of the best of men

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness and self-control in adversity: the Pāṇḍavas accept a life of simple, shifting shelters in nature, suggesting dharmic endurance rather than complaint or indulgence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the Pāṇḍavas’ continual movement during exile, staying in forests, by rivers and lakes, and in mountain caves—resting wherever day or night finds them.