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Shloka 6

Vyāsa’s Consolation to Yudhiṣṭhira: Tapas, Kāla, and the Difficulty of Dāna (दान-तपस्-विवेकः)

प्रयातान्‌ सहितान्‌ दृष्टवा पाण्डुपुत्रान्‌ महारथान्‌ | जितकाशिनश्नृ खचरास्त्वरिताश्न महारथा:,फिर तो कौरव सैनिकोंकी बड़ी भयंकर गर्जना सुनायी देने लगी। महारथी पाण्डवोंको एक साथ धावा बोलते देख विजयश्रीसे सुशोभित होनेवाले आकाशचारी महारथी गन्धर्व बड़ी उतावलीके साथ क्षणभरमें उस वनके भीतर ऐसे एकत्र हो गये मानो उन्हें किसीका भय न हो। तदनन्तर अपनी विजयसे उल्लसित होते हुए सारे गन्धर्व शत्रुओंका सामना करनेके लिये लौट पड़े

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | prayātān sahitān dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍuputrān mahārathān | jitakāśinaḥ khecarās tvaritāś ca mahārathāḥ ||

Dijo Vaiśaṃpāyana: Al ver a los hijos de Pāṇḍu—aquellos grandes guerreros de carro—avanzar unidos, los héroes gandharva que surcan los cielos, resplandecientes por la confianza de la victoria, se reunieron apresuradamente en aquel bosque como si no temieran a nadie. Luego, exultantes por su éxito, todos los gandharva se volvieron para hacer frente al enemigo.

प्रयातान्having advanced / charging
प्रयातान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रयात (√या + प्र, क्त)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
सहितान्together, accompanied
सहितान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसहित (√सह, क्त)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Root√दृश्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
पाण्डुपुत्रान्the sons of Pāṇḍu (Pāṇḍavas)
पाण्डुपुत्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डुपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
महारथान्great chariot-warriors
महारथान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
P
Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)
G
Gandharvas
F
forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how collective resolve and confidence born of prior success can embolden warriors to meet danger without fear; it also cautions that triumph can intensify conflict when opponents, exhilarated by victory, return eagerly to confront the enemy.

As the Pāṇḍavas advance together, the airborne Gandharva warriors quickly assemble in the forest, appearing fearless, and then—buoyed by their earlier success—turn back to engage the opposing force.