Shloka 28

Kāmyake Pāṇḍavānāṃ Bhojana-vyavasthā

Provisioning and Welfare in the Kāmyaka Forest

Devanagari script

भवानपि विविक्तानि तीर्थानि मनुजेश्वर । भ्रातृभि: सहित: सर्वैर्द्र्ठमर्हत्यरिंदम

Transliteration

bhavān api viviktāni tīrthāni manujeśvara | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvair draṣṭum arhati arindama ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Oh señor de los hombres, tú también —junto con todos tus hermanos— debes ir a contemplar los tīrtha apartados, los vados sagrados y solitarios. Tal peregrinación es digna de quien somete a sus enemigos.»

Word by Word

भवान्you (honored person)

अपिalso/even

विविक्तानिsecluded/solitary

तीर्थानिsacred fords/pilgrimage places

मनुजेश्वरO lord of men (king)

भ्रातृभिःwith (your) brothers

सहितःaccompanied/along with

सर्वैःby/with all (of them)

द्रष्टुम्to see/visit

अर्हतिis fit/deserves/ought

अरिंदमO subduer of foes

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

manujeśvara (the king addressed)

bhrātṛ (brothers)

tīrtha (sacred places)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should seek dharmic renewal through pilgrimage—especially to quiet, secluded tīrthas—and do so in solidarity with his brothers, cultivating purity of purpose and strength grounded in righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana advises the addressed king that he, along with all his brothers, should visit secluded sacred sites—an exhortation toward tīrtha-yātrā as a fitting, dharma-aligned course of action.