Shloka 4

द्वैतवनगमनम् (Dvāitavana-gamanam) — Journey and Settlement at Dvaita Forest-Lake

Devanagari script

अपेत्य राष्ट्राद्‌ वसतां तु तेषा- मृषि: पुराणोडतिथिराजगाम । तमाश्रमं तीव्रसमृद्धतेजा मार्कण्डेय: श्रीमतां पाण्डवानाम्‌,राज्यसे दूर होकर वनमें निवास करनेवाले श्रीमान्‌ पाण्डवोंके उस आश्रमपर उद्दीप्त तेजस्वी पुरातन महर्षि मार्कण्डेयजी अतिथिके रूपमें आये

Transliteration

apetya rāṣṭrād vasatāṃ tu teṣām ṛṣiḥ purāṇo ’tithir ājagāma | tam āśramaṃ tīvrasamṛddhatejā mārkaṇḍeyaḥ śrīmatāṃ pāṇḍavānām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Driven far from the kingdom and dwelling in the forest, they received an ancient sage as a guest. The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya—radiant with intense, well-established spiritual power—arrived at the hermitage of the illustrious Pāṇḍavas.

Word by Word

अपेत्यhaving gone away (departing)

राष्ट्रात्from the kingdom

वसताम्of (those) dwelling

तुbut/indeed

तेषाम्of them

ऋषिःsage

पुराणःancient

अतिथिःguest

आजगामcame/arrived

तम्that (to it/that one)

आश्रमम्hermitage

तीव्र-समृद्ध-तेजाःone whose brilliance is intensely abundant

मार्कण्डेयःMarkandeya

श्रीमताम्of the illustrious

पाण्डवानाम्of the Pandavas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Mārkaṇḍeya

rāṣṭra (kingdom)

āśrama (hermitage/forest retreat)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes