Mahabharata 3.52.2 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 52, Shloka 2
Nala’s Embassy to Damayantī and the Gods’ Proposal (नलस्य दूतत्वं देवप्रस्तावश्च)
वैशम्पायन उवाच अस्त्रहेतोर्गते पार्थे शक्रलोक॑ महात्मनि । आवसन् कृष्णया सार्धथ काम्यके भरतर्षभा:
vaiśampāyana uvāca | astrahetoḥ gate pārthe śakralokaṁ mahātmani | āvasan kṛṣṇayā sārdhaṁ kāmyake bharatarṣabhāḥ ||
વૈશંપાયને કહ્યું—રાજન! દિવ્યાસ્ત્રો માટે મહાત્મા પાર્થ (અર્જુન) શક્રલોક ગયા પછી ભરતવંશના વృషભ સમા પાંડવો કૃષ્ણા (દ્રૌપદી) સાથે કામ્યક વનમાં નિવાસ કરવા લાગ્યા.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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The verse highlights purposeful discipline and collective steadiness: Arjuna pursues higher capability (divine weapons) for future dharmic responsibility, while the remaining Pāṇḍavas maintain unity and restraint in forest exile with Draupadī—showing that righteous ends require both personal striving and communal endurance.
Arjuna has departed to Indra’s realm (Śakraloka) to obtain astras, and during his absence the other Pāṇḍavas live in the Kāmyaka forest together with Draupadī.
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