Shloka 1

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका १ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल २३ श्लोक हैं) हि आय न (0) हि २ 7 पञ्चनवतितमो< ध्याय: पाण्डवोंका नैमिषारण्य आदि तीर्थोमें जाकर प्रयाग तथा गयातीर्थमें जाना और गय राजाके महान्‌ यज्ञोंकी महिमा सुनना वैशग्पायन उवाच ते तथा सहिता वीरा वसन्तस्तत्र तत्र ह | क्रमेण पृथिवीपाल नैमिषारण्यमागता:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! इस प्रकार वे वीर पाण्डव विभिन्न स्थानोंमें निवास करते हुए क्रमश: नैमिषारण्यतीर्थमें आये

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | te tathā sahitā vīrā vasantaḥ tatra tatra ha | krameṇa pṛthivīpāla naimiṣāraṇyam āgatāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O king, those heroic Pāṇḍavas, staying together and dwelling from place to place, in due course arrived at the sacred forest of Naimiṣa.”

Word by Word

तेthey (those)

तथाthus, in that manner

सहिताtogether, accompanied

वीराःheroes

वसन्तःdwelling, staying

तत्रthere

तत्रthere (in various places)

हindeed (particle)

क्रमेणin order, gradually

पृथिवीपालO protector of the earth (O king)

नैमिषारण्यम्to Naimiṣa forest (Naimiṣāraṇya)

आगताःhaving come, arrived

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

pṛthivīpāla (the king addressed, i.e., Janamejaya)

Pāṇḍavas

Naimiṣāraṇya

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 in hardship (exile), the Pāṇḍavas remain united and move with order and restraint toward sacred places; the implied ethic is steadiness in dharma—maintaining purpose, discipline, and inner orientation while circumstances are unstable.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśaṃpāyana, speaking to the king (Janamejaya), reports that the Pāṇḍavas, after living in various places, proceed step by step and arrive at the tīrtha of Naimiṣāraṇya, continuing their broader pilgrimage sequence in Vana Parva.