Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततस्ते पाण्डवा: सर्वे सह कुन्त्या नरर्षभा: । उपासांचक्रिरे विप्रं कथयन्तं कथा: शुभा:,वह ब्राह्मण बड़ी सुन्दर एवं कल्याणमयी कथाएँ कह रहा था, (अतः उन्हें सुननेके लिये) सभी नरश्रेष्ठ पाण्डव माता कुन्तीके साथ उसके निकट जा बैठे

Transliteration

tataste pāṇḍavāḥ sarve saha kuntyā nararṣabhāḥ | upāsāñcakrire vipraṃ kathayantaṃ kathāḥ śubhāḥ ||

Translation

Alors, tous les Pāṇḍava —les meilleurs des hommes— avec Kuntī s’approchèrent et s’assirent auprès du brāhmaṇa, qui racontait des récits auspices et salutaires.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तेthey (those)

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

सर्वेall

सहtogether with

कुन्त्याwith Kunti

नरर्षभाःbulls among men, best of men

उपासांचक्रिरेthey sat near / they approached and sat

विप्रम्the brahmin

कथयन्तम्telling, narrating

कथाःstories

शुभाःauspicious, good

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Kuntī

Brāhmaṇa (vipra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic conduct through respectful attendance (upāsanā) and attentive listening to auspicious discourse from a learned brāhmaṇa—valuing wisdom, humility, and moral formation through wholesome narratives.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the Pāṇḍavas, accompanied by their mother Kuntī, approach a brāhmaṇa who is telling auspicious stories and sit near him in respectful attendance to hear him.