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Shloka 1

विदुर-धृतराष्ट्रसंवादः

Vidura–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Dialogue on Rajadharma and Restitution

Devanagari script

हि >> आय ० () हि २ 7 पञठ्चमो<ध्याय: पाण्डवोंका काम्यकवनमें प्रवेश और विदुरजीका वहाँ जाकर उनसे मिलना और बातचीत करना वैशम्पायन उवाच पाण्डवास्तु वने वासमुद्दिश्य भरतर्षभा: । प्रययुर्जाह्नवीकूलात्‌ कुरुक्षेत्र सहानुगा:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! भरतवंश-शिरोमणि पाण्डव वनवासके लिये गंगाजीके तटसे अपने साथियोंसहित कुरक्षेत्रमें गये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | Pāṇḍavās tu vane vāsam uddiśya bharatarṣabhāḥ | prayayur jāhnavī-kūlāt kuru-kṣetraṃ sahānugāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O best of the Bharatas, the Pāṇḍavas—intending to undertake their forest exile—set out from the bank of the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) and proceeded to Kurukṣetra, accompanied by their followers.”

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

तुbut/indeed

वनेin the forest

वासम्dwelling/residence

उद्दिश्यintending/aiming at

भरतर्षभाःbest of the Bharatas

प्रययुःwent forth

जाह्नवीकूलात्from the bank of the Jahnavi (Ganga)

कुरुक्षेत्रम्Kurukshetra

सtogether with

अनुगाःfollowers/attendants

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavāḥ

Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)

Kurukṣetra

Bharata lineage (Bharatāḥ)

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?

The verse frames exile as a deliberate, duty-bound course of action: the Pāṇḍavas accept hardship with purpose and proceed in an orderly way with their companions, modeling restraint and commitment to dharma even under injustice.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the start of this chapter, Vaiśampāyana narrates that the Pāṇḍavas, preparing for their forest residence, depart from the Gaṅgā’s bank and head toward Kurukṣetra with their followers, marking the opening movement of their exile journey.