Shloka 17

Devanagari script

प्राविशद्‌ भवनं राजन्‌ पाण्डवानां हलायुध: । सहाक्र्रप्रभृतिभिर्गदसाम्बोद्धवादिभि:

Transliteration

prāviśad bhavanaṃ rājan pāṇḍavānāṃ halāyudhaḥ | sahākraprabhṛtibhir gadasāmbo ddhavādibhiḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສຳປາຍະນະກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ຮະລາຍຸດ (ພະບະລະຣາມ) ໄດ້ເຂົ້າໄປຍັງທີ່ພັກຂອງພານດະວະ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍອະກຣູຣະ ແລະຜູ້ອື່ນໆ—ກະດະ, ສາມບະ, ອຸດທະວະ ແລະພວກທີ່ເຫຼືອ. ພາບນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນຄວາມຫນັກໜ່ວງຂອງເວລາ: ຜູ້ເຖົ້າຜູ້ແກ່ອັນຄວນເຄົາລົບ ແລະຜູ້ນຳຢາດະວະມາດ້ວຍຕົນເອງ ເພື່ອຊອກຫາຄຳປຶກສາ, ຄວາມອົດກັ້ນ, ແລະການປະພຶດຕາມທຳ ກ່ອນທີ່ສົງຄາມຈະແຂງຕົວເປັນສິ່ງທີ່ຖອນຄືນບໍ່ໄດ້.

Word by Word

• प्राविशत्: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular, परस्मैपद

• भवनम्: house, palace
• भवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• हलायुधः: Halāyudha (Balarāma; he whose weapon is a plough)
• हलायुधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हलायुध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• अक्रूर: Akrūra
• अक्रूर: Sahakari
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्रूर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (in compound sense), Singular

• प्रभृतिभिः: beginning with, and others
• प्रभृतिभिः: Sahakari
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभृति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• गद: Gada
• गद: Sahakari
• Type: Noun
• Root: गद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (in compound sense), Singular

• साम्ब: Sāmba
• साम्ब: Sahakari
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (in compound sense), Singular

• उद्धव: Uddhava
• उद्धव: Sahakari
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (in compound sense), Singular

• आदिभिः: and others, etc.
• आदिभिः: Sahakari
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Janamejaya (addressed as rājan)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Halāyudha (Balarāma)
• Akrapra (as read in the given text)
• Gada
• Sāmba
• Uddhava
• Yādavas (implied by the entourage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a crisis nears war, dharma is served by timely presence of respected elders and wise counselors. Their arrival symbolizes the duty to attempt restraint, dialogue, and right conduct before violence becomes unavoidable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Balarāma (Halāyudha) comes to the Pāṇḍavas’ residence, accompanied by prominent Yādavas such as Gada, Sāmba, and Uddhava, indicating an important visit connected with counsel and the unfolding political tension.