Shloka 24

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा पाण्डव: सत्यविक्रम: । भीष्मद्रोणौ नमस्कृत्य प्रातिष्ठत युधिछ्िर:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! विदुरके ऐसा कहनेपर सत्यपराक्रमी पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिर भीष्म और द्रोणको नमस्कार करके वहाँसे प्रस्थित हुए

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evam uktas tathety uktvā pāṇḍavaḥ satyavikramaḥ | bhīṣma-droṇau namaskṛtya prātiṣṭhata yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ സത്യവിക്രമനായ പാണ്ഡവൻ യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ “തഥാസ്തു” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു. പിന്നെ ഭീഷ്മനെയും ദ്രോണനെയും നമസ്കരിച്ചു അവിടെ നിന്ന് പുറപ്പെട്ടു.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

तथाso; in that manner

इतिthus (quotative)

उक्त्वाhaving said

पाण्डवःthe Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira)

सत्यविक्रमःof true valor

भीष्मद्रोणौBhīṣma and Droṇa

नमस्कृत्यhaving saluted

प्रातिष्ठतset out; departed

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīṣma

Droṇa

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 circumstances are tense, one should respond to sound counsel with disciplined assent and maintain reverence toward elders and teachers; ethical conduct is shown through restraint, truthful resolve, and respectful action.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being advised (contextually, by Vidura), Yudhiṣṭhira agrees—saying “So be it”—then formally salutes Bhīṣma and Droṇa and leaves, marking a courteous and dutiful departure.