Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ प्रतिवसन्तस्ते यत्‌ प्रापु: कुरुसत्तमा: । वने क्लेशं सुखोदर्क तत्‌ प्रवक्ष्यामि ते शूणु,राजन! उस वनमें रहते हुए उन कुरुश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवोंने जो भविष्यमें सुख देनेवाला क्लेश उठाया, उसका वर्णन करता हूँ, सुनो--

Transliteration

tasmin prativasantas te yat prāpuḥ kurusattamāḥ | vane kleśaṃ sukhodarka tat pravakṣyāmi te śṛṇu, rājan ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, listen. I shall relate what hardships those foremost of the Kurus—the Pāṇḍavas—endured while dwelling in that forest, hardships whose outcome would later ripen into happiness.”

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in that (place/time)

प्रतिवसन्तःdwelling, residing

तेthey

यत्which (that which)

प्रापुःobtained, experienced

कुरुसत्तमाःthe best of the Kurus

वनेin the forest

क्लेशम्hardship, affliction

सुखोदर्कम्having happiness as its outcome

तत्that (matter)

प्रवक्ष्यामिI will tell, I will relate

तेto you

शृणुhear, listen

राजन्O king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Kurus

forest (vana)

king (rājan)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes