Shloka 13

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

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततस्ते प्रययु: सर्वे पाण्डवा धर्मचारिण: । ब्राह्मणैर्बहुभि: सार्ध पुण्यं द्वैतवनं सर:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर वे सभी धर्मात्मा पाण्डव बहुत-से ब्राह्मणोंके साथ पवित्र द्वैववन नामक सरोवरको चले गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tataste prayayuḥ sarve pāṇḍavā dharmacāriṇaḥ | brāhmaṇair bahubhiḥ sārdhaṃ puṇyaṃ dvaitavanaṃ saraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then all the Pāṇḍavas, steadfast in the practice of dharma, set out together. Accompanied by many brāhmaṇas, they went to the sacred lake in the Dvaitavana forest—moving forward in a way that underscores righteous conduct, reverence for holy places, and respect for spiritual counsel in exile.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen, thereafter

तेthey

प्रययुःwent forth, departed

सर्वेall

पाण्डवाःthe Pāṇḍavas

धर्मचारिणःpractising dharma, righteous

ब्राह्मणैःwith (by) Brahmins

बहुभिःmany

सार्धम्together with

पुण्यम्holy, sacred

द्वैतवनम्Dvaītavana (forest/place-name)

सरःlake

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Brāhmaṇas

Dvaitavana

saraḥ (sacred lake)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes