Shloka 1

Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa

Devanagari script

््स् “+(>9) #::.# #55-7 (व्रीहिद्रोणिकपर्व) एकोनषष्ट्यधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय: युधिष्ठिरकी चिन्ता

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | vane nivasatāṃ teṣāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām | varṣāṇy ekādaśātīyuḥ kṛcchreṇa bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन बोले—भरतश्रेष्ठ जनमेजय! वन में निवास करते हुए उन महात्मा पाण्डवों के ग्यारह वर्ष बड़े कष्ट से बीते।

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निवसताम्: of (those) dwelling
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वास्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• एकादश: eleven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अतीयुः: passed (went by)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-इ
• Form: Perfect, 3, Plural

• कृच्छ्रेण: with hardship; painfully
• कृच्छ्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Janamejaya (implied by address 'bharatarṣabha')
• Forest (Vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharmic endurance: even righteous persons may face prolonged hardship, and steadfastness in adversity becomes part of the moral preparation for eventual justice and rightful order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues narrating to King Janamejaya that the Pāṇḍavas, living in the forest during their exile, have completed eleven difficult years—setting the stage for the crucial remaining period and subsequent developments.