Shloka 1

Devanagari script

2.3 आए (0) है - बलिके द्वारा ब्राह्मणोंके साथ दुर्व्यवहार करनेपर उसका राज्यलक्ष्मीसे वियोग होनेका प्रसंग शान्तिपर्वके २२५ वें अध्यायमें आता है। सप्तविशो<्ध्याय: द्रौपदीका युधिष्ठिरसे उनके शत्रुविषयक क्रोधको उभाड़नेके लिये संतापपूर्ण वचन वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो वनगताः पार्था: सायाह्वले सह कृष्णया । उपविष्टा: कथाश्षक्रुर्द:खशोकपरायणा:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर वनमें गये हुए पाण्डव एक दिन सायंकालमें द्रौपदीके साथ बैठकर दुःख और शोकमें मग्न हो कुछ बातचीत करने लगे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tato vanagatāḥ pārthāḥ sāyāhvaye saha kṛṣṇayā | upaviṣṭāḥ kathāś cakrur duḥkhaśokaparāyaṇāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then the Pāṇḍava brothers, having gone into the forest, sat down one evening together with Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī). Overwhelmed and absorbed in grief and sorrow, they began to speak among themselves.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen; thereafter

वनगताःgone to the forest; forest-dwelling

पार्थाःthe Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pṛthā)

सायाह्वलेat evening-time

सहtogether with

कृष्णयाwith Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

उपविष्टाःhaving sat down; seated

कथाःtalks; conversations

चक्रुःthey did; they held (conversation)

दुःखin sorrow; in suffering

शोकin grief

परायणाःwholly devoted/absorbed (in)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Draupadī (Kṛṣṇā)

forest (vana)

evening/dusk (sāya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames an ethical situation: noble persons in adversity must process grief without losing discernment. It prepares for reflection on dharma under suffering—how speech, counsel, and emotional control shape righteous action even when wronged.

What is happening in the narrative?

After entering forest exile, the Pāṇḍavas sit at dusk with Draupadī and begin a sorrow-filled conversation. This opening sets up the ensuing dialogue in which Draupadī’s anguish and questions about enemies, justice, and duty will press Yudhiṣṭhira toward a response.