Shloka 25

Kāmyake Pāṇḍavānāṃ Bhojana-vyavasthā

Provisioning and Welfare in the Kāmyaka Forest

Devanagari script

स वाच्यो मम संदेशाद्‌ धर्मात्मा सत्यसंगर: । नोत्कण्ठा फाल्गुने कार्या कृतास्त्र: शीघ्रमेष्यति,वे बड़े धर्मात्मा और सत्यप्रतिज्ञ हैं। उनसे मेरा यह संदेश कहियेगा--'राजन्‌! आप अर्जुनके वापस लौटनेके विषयमें उत्कण्ठित न हों। वे अस्त्रविद्या सीखकर शीघ्र ही लौट आयेंगे

Transliteration

sa vācyo mama saṃdeśād dharmātmā satyasaṅgaraḥ | notkaṇṭhā phālgune kāryā kṛtāstraḥ śīghram eṣyati ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Convey my message to that righteous king, steadfast in truth: ‘O King, do not be anxious about Phālguna (Arjuna). Having mastered the celestial weapons, he will return swiftly.’”

Word by Word

सःhe

वाच्यःto be told/addressed

ममof me / my

संदेशात्by/through (my) message

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled

सत्यसंगरःtrue to his vow / of true resolve

नnot

उत्कण्ठाanxiety / eager longing

फाल्गुनेabout Phalguna (Arjuna)

कार्याshould be done (i.e., should be felt/entertained)

कृतास्त्रःhaving obtained/mastered weapons (astra-knowledge)

शीघ्रम्quickly

एष्यतिwill come/return

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Phālguna (Arjuna)

the king (rājā; implied addressee)

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 highlights steadiness in dharma and truth while practicing emotional discipline: a righteous ruler should not be consumed by anxious longing, but trust in purposeful effort—Arjuna’s disciplined acquisition of astras will bear timely results.

What is happening in the narrative?

A message is to be delivered to a dharmic, truth-bound king, reassuring him not to worry about Arjuna (Phālguna). Arjuna is away learning and securing powerful weapons, and the speaker affirms he will return soon after completing that training.