Shloka 3

Devanagari script

गान्धार्या सह नार्यस्तु सहिता: समुपाविशन्‌ । पौरजानपदश्चापि जन: सर्वो यथावय:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

gāndhāryā saha nāryas tu sahitāḥ samupāviśan | paurajānapadāś cāpi janaḥ sarvo yathāvayaḥ ||

Translation

ગાંધારી સાથે બધી સ્ત્રીઓ પણ એકત્ર થઈને બેઠી. નગર અને જનપદના લોકો પણ—બધી વયના—પોતપોતાની સ્થિતિ અનુસાર યથાસ્થાને બેસી ગયા.

Word by Word

गान्धार्याःof Gandhari

सहtogether with

नार्यःwomen

तुbut/indeed

सहिताःassembled/together

समुपाविशन्sat down/assembled and sat

पौरtownsman/citizen

जानपदःcountryman/from the countryside

चand

अपिalso

जनःpeople/crowd

सर्वःall

यथाas/according to

अवयःage/condition (as per age)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Gāndhārī

women (nāryaḥ)

townspeople (paurāḥ)

countryfolk (jānapadāḥ)

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?

The verse highlights dharmic decorum: collective conduct marked by orderliness and respect—people assemble and sit according to age, reflecting social discipline and reverence in moments involving elders and life-stage transitions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Gāndhārī arrives with the women, and the wider public—both townspeople and villagers—gathers and takes seats in an orderly, age-based arrangement, indicating a formal communal attendance at the ongoing events of the Āśramavāsika episode.