Shloka 28

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्

Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy

Devanagari script

अदासा: पाण्डवा: सन्तु सरथा: सायुधा इति । मयोक्ते यत्र निर्मुक्ता वनवासाय केशव

Transliteration

adāsāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ santu sa-rathāḥ sāyudhā iti | mayokte yatra nirmuktā vanavāsāya keśava ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。私は言った。「パーンダヴァたちをもはや奴隷とするな。戦車と武器を携え、元の身分に復せしめよ。」おおケーシャヴァよ、私がこう告げると、彼らは隷属の辱めから解かれたが、それでもなお森への流謫の苦しみを耐えねばならなかった。

Word by Word

• अदासाः: free from servitude (non-slaves)
• अदासाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-दास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सन्तु: let them be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सरथाः: with chariots
• सरथाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सायुधाः: with weapons
• सायुधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-आयुध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इति: thus (quoting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• उक्ते: when (it was) said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यत्र: where/when (in which circumstance)
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• निर्मुक्ताः: released/freed
• निर्मुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-मुच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वनवासाय: for forest-dwelling (exile)
• वनवासाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनवास
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• केशव: O Keshava
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• chariots (ratha)
• weapons (āyudha)
• forest exile (vanavāsa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that restoration of dignity (freedom from servitude, return of chariots and weapons) can coexist with the continued obligation to undergo hardship (forest exile). Ethically, it distinguishes between removing an unjust humiliation and still honoring or enduring the consequences of prior conditions, fate, or vows.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a declaration that the Pāṇḍavas should be considered free (no longer treated as slaves) and restored to their martial status with chariots and weapons. Yet, despite this release from bondage, they proceed to bear the suffering of vanavāsa (forest exile), indicating that their trials are not immediately ended by this change in status.