Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एवमाकारलिड्रैस्ते व्यवसायं मनोगतम्‌ । कथयन्तश्न कौन्तेया वन॑ जम्मुर्मनस्विन:,महाराज! इस प्रकार मनस्वी कुन्तीपुत्र अपनी आकृति एवं चिह्लोंके द्वारा अपने आन्तरिक निश्चयको प्रकट करते हुए वनको गये हैं

Transliteration

evam-ākāra-liṅgais te vyavasāyaṁ manogatam | kathayantaś ca kaunteyā vanaṁ jagmur manasvinaḥ ||

Translation

Vidura dit : «Ainsi, par leur seule apparence et par les signes extérieurs, ces fils de Kuntī au cœur élevé rendirent visible leur résolution intime ; puis, l’ayant ainsi dévoilée, ils partirent pour la forêt.»

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

आकारलिङ्गैःby (their) form and signs

तेthey

व्यवसायम्resolve, determination

मनोगतम्present in the mind, inward

कथयन्तःdeclaring, making known

कौन्तेयाःthe sons of Kunti (Pandavas)

वनम्to the forest

जग्मुःwent

मनस्विनःhigh-minded, resolute

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Kaunteyāḥ (Pāṇḍavas)

Vana (forest)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Inner resolve (vyavasāya) inevitably expresses itself through conduct and demeanor; ethical steadfastness is recognized not only by words but by visible signs of self-control and determination, especially in moments of hardship such as exile.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura reports that the Pāṇḍavas, by their appearance and evident signs, revealed their settled intention and then departed for the forest—indicating the transition into their period of exile.