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Shloka 2

उपोपविष्टा विद्वांस: सहिता: संशितव्रता: । ये तद्भक्ता वसन्ति सम वनवासे तपस्विन:

upopaviṣṭā vidvāṃsaḥ sahitāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | ye tadbhaktā vasanti sama vanavāse tapasvinaḥ ||

વૈશમ્પાયન બોલ્યા—હે જનમેજય! વિદ્વાન પાંડવો એકત્રિત થઈ, દૃઢ વ્રતધારી બની, નજીક જ બેઠા. વનવાસ દરમિયાન સ્નેહવશ જે તપસ્વી બ્રાહ્મણો તેમની સાથે રહેતા હતા, તેઓ પણ ત્યાં હાજર હતા.

उपोपविष्टाःseated nearby
उपोपविष्टाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउप-उप-विश् (धातु) → उपोपविष्ट (कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विद्वांसःlearned men
विद्वांसः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सहिताःtogether, united
सहिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसहित (प्रातिपदिक; √सह)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
संशितव्रताःof firm/austere vows
संशितव्रताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंशित-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
येwho
ये:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तद्भक्ताःdevoted to them
तद्भक्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतद्-भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वसन्तिlive, dwell
वसन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√वस् (धातु)
FormPresent, Third, Plural
समम्together, in company
समम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमम् (अव्यय)
वनवासेin forest-exile
वनवासे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवनवास (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तपस्विनःascetics
तपस्विनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
P
Pāṇḍavas
T
tapasvins (ascetic Brahmins)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights that decisive moments should be approached in the company of the wise and the disciplined: learning (vidyā), austerity (tapas), and steadfast vows (vrata) create moral clarity, while devotion and loyal companionship sustain those undergoing hardship.

A group of learned, vow-observant ascetics—devoted to the Pāṇḍavas—are seated together with them during the forest exile. The gathering frames a consultative setting, preparing for counsel and decisions connected with the next phase of their ordeal.