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Shloka 1

Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः

Devanagari script

हि आह न (0) है 7 7 - दोनों भुजाओंको दोनों ओर फैलानेपर एक हाथकी अँगुलियोंके सिरेसे दूसरे हाथकी अँगुलियोंके सिरेतक जितनी दूरी होती है, उसे “व्याम” कहते हैं। यही पुरुषप्रमाण है। इसकी लम्बाई लगभग ३ ह हाथकी होती है। (अर्जुनाभिगमनपर्व) द्वादशो<5 ध्याय: अर्जुन और द्रौपदीके द्वारा भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी स्तुति, ट्रोपदीका भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णसे अपने प्रति किये गये अपमान और दुःखका वर्णन और भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण, अर्जुन एवं धृष्टद्युम्नका उसे आश्वासन देना वैशम्पायन उवाच भोजा: प्रव्रजिताउदूुत्वा वृष्णयश्चान्धकै: सह । पाण्डवान्‌ दुःखसंतप्तान्‌ समाजम्मुर्महावने,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं-जनमेजय! जब भोज, वृष्णि और अन्धकवंशके वीरोंने सुना कि पाण्डव अत्यन्त दुःखसे संतप्त हो राजधानीसे निकलकर चले गये, तब वे उनसे मिलनेके लिये महान्‌ वनमें गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | bhojāḥ pravrajitān śrutvā vṛṣṇayaś cāndhakaiḥ saha | pāṇḍavān duḥkha-santaptān samājamur mahāvane ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: O Janamejaya, when the Bhojas heard that the Pāṇḍavas—scorched by sorrow—had departed from the city and gone into exile, the Vṛṣṇis too, together with the heroes of the Andhaka clan, went into the great forest to meet them. The verse frames a dharmic response to suffering: kin and allies do not abandon the afflicted, but seek them out to offer solidarity, counsel, and support.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

भोजाःthe Bhojas

प्रव्रजितान्gone forth, departed (into exile)

उदूत्वाhaving heard

वृष्णयःthe Vṛṣṇis

चand

अन्धकैःwith the Andhakas

सहtogether with

पाण्डवान्the Pāṇḍavas

दुःखसंतप्तान्afflicted by sorrow

समाजग्मुःwent, came together (to meet)

महावनेin the great forest

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Bhojas

Vṛṣṇis

Andhakas

Pāṇḍavas

the great forest

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A dharmic community does not desert those in distress. When the Pāṇḍavas suffer exile, allied clans respond by going to them—an ethical model of loyalty, compassion, and responsibility toward kin and friends.

What is happening in the narrative?

News reaches the Bhojas that the grief-stricken Pāṇḍavas have left the city for the forest. The Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, along with the Bhojas, set out into the great forest to meet them, initiating a consoling and supportive encounter.