Shloka 1

Devanagari script

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Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: bhūya eva mahābhāgyaṃ kathyatām ity abravīt pāṇḍavaḥ.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then the Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira), seeking further instruction, spoke again: “O venerable one, please tell it once more—recount to me again the greatness (and exemplary conduct) of the kṣatriyas.”

Word by Word

• {'Vaiśampāyana uvāca': 'Vaiśampāyana said', 'bhūyaḥ eva': 'once more

• again indeed', 'mahābhāgyam': 'great fortune

• excellence (here: the celebrated greatness of a class/lineage and its conduct)', 'kathyatām': 'let it be told

• please narrate (passive imperative)', 'iti': 'thus

• indicating the close of quoted speech', 'abravīt': 'said

• spoke', 'pāṇḍavaḥ': 'the son of Pāṇḍu

• a Pāṇḍava (here: Yudhiṣṭhira)'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames dharma as something to be repeatedly heard and reflected upon: Yudhiṣṭhira’s renewed request highlights the importance of revisiting kṣatriya ideals—courage, protection of subjects, restraint, and righteous conduct—through exemplary narratives.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Yudhiṣṭhira speaks again, asking for a further narration about the greatness and exemplary conduct of kṣatriyas, continuing the didactic exchange within the Vana Parva.