Shloka 2

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं ह्वतायां कृष्णायां प्राप्प क्लेशमनुत्तमम्‌ । विहाय काम्यकं राजा सह भ्रातृभिरच्युत:,वैशम्पायनजीने कहा--राजन! पूर्वोक्त प्रकारसे द्रौपदीका हरण होनेपर भारी क्लेश उठानेके बाद जब पाण्डवोंने उन्हें पा लिया, तब धर्मसे कभी च्युत न होनेवाले राजा युधिष्ठिर अपने भाइयोंके साथ काम्यकवन छोड़कर पुनः रमणीय द्वैतवनमें ही चले आये। वहाँ स्वादिष्ट फल-मूलोंकी बहुतायत थी तथा बहुत-से विचित्र वृक्ष उस वनकी शोभा बढ़ाते थे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evaṁ hṛtāyāṁ kṛṣṇāyāṁ prāpya kleśam anuttamam | vihāya kāmyakaṁ rājā saha bhrātṛbhir acyutaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: When Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) had thus been carried off, the king—steadfast, never swerving from dharma—after enduring unsurpassed anguish and then recovering her, left the Kāmyaka forest together with his brothers and returned again to the delightful Dvaita forest.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

हृतायाम्when (she) had been abducted

कृष्णायाम्in/when Krishna (Draupadi)

प्राप्यhaving obtained/encountered

क्लेशम्distress, hardship

अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed, very great

विहायhaving left, abandoning

काम्यकम्the Kamyaka (forest)

राजाthe king

सहtogether with

भ्रातृभिःwith (his) brothers

अच्युतःunfallen; steadfast (in dharma)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

the king (Yudhiṣṭhira)

the brothers (Pāṇḍavas)

Kāmyaka forest

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?

Even amid extreme personal suffering, the dharmic ruler is characterized by steadiness (acyuta)—not abandoning righteous conduct—while taking practical steps to restore safety and stability for those under his protection.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Draupadī has been abducted and then recovered, Yudhiṣṭhira and the Pāṇḍavas, having endured intense distress, leave the Kāmyaka forest and relocate again to the Dvaita forest.