Shloka 2

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरं पुरस्कृत्य सर्वाभरणभूषिता: । द्वारि मत्ता यथा नागा भ्राजमाना महारथा:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं-जनमेजय! तदनन्तर नियत समयतक अपनी प्रतिज्ञाका पालन करके अग्निके समान तेजस्वी पाँचों भाई महारथी पाण्डव तीसरे दिन स्नान करके श्वेत वस्त्र धारणकर समस्त राजोचित आभूषणोंसे विभूषित हो राजसभामें द्वारपर स्थित मदोन्मत्त गजराजोंकी भाँति सुशोभित होने लगे। वे राजा युधिष्ठिरको आगे करके विराटकी सभामें गये और राजाओंके लिये रखे हुए सिंहासनोंपर बैठे। उस समय वे भिन्न-भिन्न यज्ञवेदियोंपर प्रज्वलित अग्नियोंके समान प्रकाशित हो रहे थे

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhiraṃ puraskṛtya sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ | dvāri mattā yathā nāgā bhrājamānā mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

Dengan Yudhiṣṭhira di depan, para mahāratha itu—berhias dengan segala perhiasan kerajaan—berdiri bersinar di ambang pintu, laksana gajah-gajah agung yang mabuk di gerbang istana.

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira (as the one put in front)

पुरःin front

कृत्यhaving made/placed (having put)

सर्वwith all

आभरणornaments

भूषिताःadorned

द्वारिat the door/gate

मत्ताःintoxicated, rutting

यथाas/like

नागाःelephants

भ्राजमानाःshining, resplendent

महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍavas (implied by plural mahārathāḥ)

door/gate (dvāra)

elephants (nāga)

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 leadership and disciplined self-presentation: Yudhiṣṭhira is placed foremost, and the heroes appear in a manner consistent with honor and vow-keeping—power restrained by propriety.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the period of concealment and the completion of their pledge, the Pāṇḍavas, led by Yudhiṣṭhira, appear at the entrance in full royal adornment, shining and formidable like great elephants at a gate, ready to enter the royal setting openly.