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Shloka 1

Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā

Indraloka-gamana

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--शत्रुदमन नरेश! तदनन्तर सूर्योदय होनेपर आ्टिषिणसहित धौम्यजी नित्यकर्म पूरा करके पाण्डवोंके पास आये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca—śatrudamana nareśa! tad-anantaraṁ sūryodaye sati, ṛṣigaṇasahitaḥ Dhaumyaḥ nityakarma samāpya Pāṇḍavān upāgamat.

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພະມະຫາກະສັດ ຜູ້ປະຫານສັດຕູ! ຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນ ເມື່ອຕາເວັນຂຶ້ນ ທ່ານທໍາຍະ—ມີພວກຣິສີຕິດຕາມ—ໄດ້ສໍາເລັດພິທີກຳປະຈໍາວັນແລ້ວ ແລະໄດ້ມາຫາພວກປານດະວະ».

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana (the narrator)

उवाचsaid

शत्रुदमनO tamer of enemies

नरेशO king

तदनन्तरम्thereafter

सूर्योदयःsunrise

भूत्वाhaving become / having occurred

ऋषिभिःwith sages

सहितःaccompanied (by)

धौम्यःDhaumya (the priest)

नित्यकर्मdaily rites/duties

समाप्यhaving completed

पाण्डवान्the Pāṇḍavas

उपागमत्approached / came to

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

King (addressed as śatrudamana nareśa)

Dhaumya

Ṛ

Ṛṣis (sages)

Pāṇḍavas

Sunrise (Sūryodaya)

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 foregrounds dharma through nityakarma: even amid hardship, the disciplined completion of daily religious duties by a priest and sages is presented as the proper foundation for counsel and action.

What is happening in the narrative?

After sunrise, Dhaumya—together with accompanying sages—finishes his daily rites and then approaches the Pāṇḍavas, marking a transition to the next episode or instruction.