Shloka 19

Devanagari script

शीतलच्छायमागम्य न्यग्रोधं गहने वने । क्षुत्पिपासापरीताज्: पाण्डवा: समुपाविशन्‌,तत्पश्चात्‌ उस गहन वनमें भूख-प्याससे पीड़ित अंगोंवाले पाण्डव एक शीतल छायावाले बरगदके पास आकर बैठ गये

Transliteration

śītalacchāyam āgamya nyagrodhaṃ gahane vane | kṣutpipāsāparītāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samupāviśan ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。鬱蒼たる森の奥で、涼しい木陰を落とすニヤグローダ（バニヤン）の樹に至り、飢えと渇きに苦しむパーンダヴァたちはそこに座した。この場面は流浪の苛烈さを示す。正しき者でさえ肉体の欲求によって試され、耐え忍ぶことがダルマの一部となるのである。

Word by Word

शीतलच्छायम्cool shade

आगम्यhaving come (to)

न्यग्रोधम्banyan tree

गहनेin the dense (place)

वनेin the forest

क्षुत्पिपासापरीताःafflicted by hunger and thirst

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

समुपाविशन्sat down

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

forest (vana)

banyan tree (nyagrodha)

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 the dharmic ideal of endurance in adversity: even noble persons face physical hardship, and meeting it with restraint and perseverance is part of righteous living during exile.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the course of their forest exile, the Pāṇḍavas, weakened by hunger and thirst, reach a cool-shaded banyan tree in a dense forest and sit down to rest.