Shloka 22

अध्याय १: महाप्रस्थानारम्भः

The Commencement of the Great Departure

Devanagari script

ततः प्ररुरुदु: सर्वा: स्त्रियों दृष्टवा नरोत्तमान्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ praruruduḥ sarvāḥ striyo dṛṣṭvā narottamān | pūrvaṃ dyūte parāstāḥ pāṇḍavā yathā vanaṃ gatāḥ tathā tasmin divase draupadyā saha tān narottamān pāṇḍavān evaṃ gacchataḥ paśyantyo nagarasya sarvāḥ striyo ruroduḥ | kintu teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ asyā yātrāyāṃ mahān harṣaḥ abhavat ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຕໍ່ມາ ເມື່ອເຫັນບຸລຸດຜູ້ປະເສີດເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ບັນດາຍິງທັງຫມົດກໍຮ້ອງໄຫ້ດ້ວຍນ້ໍາຕາ. ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັບຄັ້ງກ່ອນ ທີ່ພານດະວະພ່າຍໃນການຫຼິ້ນລູກເຕົ໋າ ແລະເຂົ້າປ່າໄປ, ໃນວັນນັ້ນກໍເຊັ່ນກັນ—ເມື່ອເຫັນພານດະວະຜູ້ສູງສົ່ງເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນອອກເດີນທາງໃນຮູບແບບດຽວກັນ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍດຣໍປະດີ ຍິງໃນເມືອງທັງຫມົດກໍຮ້ອງໄຫ້ດັງ. ແຕ່ສໍາລັບພີ່ນ້ອງເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ການເດີນທາງນີ້ກັບນໍາມາຄວາມປິຕິຍິນດີອັນເລິກຊຶ້ງ ເພາະເປັນການຫັນຫນ້າອອກຈາກອໍານາດໂລກີ ໄປສູ່ເສັ້ນທາງສຸດທ້າຍແຫ່ງການສະຫຼັດຖອນ.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• प्ररुरुदुः: they wept
• प्ररुरुदुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्यय), पूर्वकाल

• नरोत्तमान्: the best of men
• नरोत्तमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Draupadī
• women of the city
• the city (nagara)
• forest (vana)
• dice-game (dyūta)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts public grief with the protagonists’ inner clarity: society mourns the loss of its protectors, while the Pāṇḍavas rejoice in choosing the dharmic culmination—letting go of power and embracing the final journey. It highlights impermanence and the ethical ideal of detachment after fulfilling one’s duties.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the Pāṇḍavas depart the city on their great final journey, accompanied by Draupadī, the city’s women cry upon seeing them leave. The scene is explicitly likened to the earlier departure to the forest after the dice-game defeat, but now the brothers themselves feel great joy in this purposeful departure.