Shloka 1

वनप्रस्थानम् (Departure for the Forest) — Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 24

Devanagari script

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Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tataḥ teṣu prayāteṣu kaunteyaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ | abhyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhrātṝn sarvān yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: When those people had departed, Kuntī’s son Yudhiṣṭhira—steadfast in his vow and devoted to dharma—addressed all his brothers.

Word by Word

• {'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'teṣu': 'among/with regard to them', 'prayāteṣu': 'having departed

• when (they) had gone', 'kaunteyaḥ': 'son of Kuntī

• an epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira (also used for other Pāṇḍavas contextually)', 'satyasaṅgaraḥ': 'firm in truth/pledge

• one whose resolve is bound to truth', 'abhyabhāṣata': 'spoke to

• addressed', 'dharmātmā': 'one whose nature is dharma

• righteous-minded', 'bhrātṝn': 'brothers (accusative plural)', 'sarvān': 'all', 'yudhiṣṭhiraḥ': 'Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava)'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kuntī
• Pāṇḍava brothers