Shloka 21

Devanagari script

ततो जानपदा: सर्वे आजममुर्नगरं प्रति । तदद्भुततमं द्रष्ठुं पार्थास्तत्रैव चावसन्‌,इसके बाद उस अद्भुत घटनाको देखनेके लिये जनपदमें रहनेवाले सब लोग नगरमें आये और पाण्डवलोग भी (पूर्ववत) वहीं निवास करने लगे

Transliteration

tato jānāpadāḥ sarve ājamamur nagaraṃ prati | tad adbhutatamaṃ draṣṭuṃ pārthās tatraiva cāvāsan |

Translation

បន្ទាប់មក ប្រជាជនទាំងអស់ពីស្រុកជុំវិញ បានប្រញាប់ទៅកាន់ទីក្រុង ដើម្បីឃើញអព្ភូតហេតុដ៏អស្ចារ្យបំផុតនោះ; ហើយពួកបារថៈ (បណ្ឌវៈ) ដូចមុនដដែល ក៏បន្តស្នាក់នៅទីនោះ។

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereupon

जानपदाःcountrymen, inhabitants of the janapada

सर्वेall

आजग्मुःwent, came

नगरम्to the city

प्रतिtowards

तत्that

अद्भुततमम्most wonderful

द्रष्टुम्to see

पार्थाःthe sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)

तत्रthere

एवindeed/just

चand

अवसन्dwelt, stayed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)

ज

जानपदाः (people of the janapadas)

न

नगर (the city)

प

पार्थाः / पाण्डवाः (the Pāṇḍavas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts collective excitement with the steadiness of the righteous: crowds rush to witness marvels, while the Pāṇḍavas are depicted as composed and settled, suggesting self-control and stability amid sensational events.

What is happening in the narrative?

News of a highly wondrous occurrence spreads; people from the surrounding regions converge on the city to see it, and the Pāṇḍavas continue living in the same place as before.