Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तानब्रुवन्‌ महात्मान: स्थिता: प्राजजलयस्तदा । अभ्यनुज्ञापयिष्यन्तस्तं निवासं धृतव्रता:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! धर्मराजकी अनुमति पाकर सत्यपराक्रमी पाण्डव तेरहवें वर्षमें छिपकर अज्ञातवास करनेकी इच्छासे एकत्र हो विचार-विमर्शके लिये आस-पास बैठे। वे सब-के-सब उत्तम व्रतका पालन करनेवाले और विद्वान थे। वनवासके समय जो तपस्वी ब्राह्मण पाण्डवोंके प्रति स्नेह होनेके कारण उनके साथ रहते थे, उनसे अज्ञातवासके हेतु आज्ञा लेनेके लिये व्रतधारी महात्मा पाण्डव हाथ जोड़कर खड़े हो इस प्रकार बोले---

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tān abruvan mahātmānaḥ sthitāḥ prāñjalayas tadā | abhyanujñāpayiṣyantas taṃ nivāsaṃ dhṛtavratāḥ ||

Translation

ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಆಮೇಲೆ ಆ ಮಹಾತ್ಮರು, ವ್ರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರರಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಕೈಜೋಡಿಸಿ ನಿಂತು, ತಾವು ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿರುವ ಗುಪ್ತನಿವಾಸವಾದ ಅಜ್ಞಾತವಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುಮತಿ ಬೇಡುತ್ತಾ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದರು।

Word by Word

तान्them

ब्रुवन्speaking (saying)

महात्मानःgreat-souled (men)

स्थिताःstanding / having stood

प्राञ्जलयःwith joined hands

तदाthen

अभ्यनुज्ञापयिष्यन्तःintending to ask permission / about to request consent

तम्that

निवासम्dwelling / residence / stay

धृतव्रताःfirm in vows / of steadfast vows

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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?

Even when pursuing a difficult strategy (such as living in concealment), the righteous act with humility and restraint: they seek proper assent, maintain vows, and uphold respectful conduct (prāñjali) rather than acting from impulse or pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the noble, vow-observant men stand with folded hands and speak, intending to obtain permission concerning their planned residence—contextually, the forthcoming concealed/unknown mode of living.