Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अनुभुक्तफलाहारा: सर्व एव मिताशना: । न्यवसन्‌ पाण्डवास्तत्र कृष्णया सह भार्यया,वहाँ सब पाण्डव अपनी पत्नी द्रौपदीके साथ केवल फलाहार करके परिमित भोजनपर जीवन-निर्वाह करते हुए रहते थे

Transliteration

anubhuktaphalāhārāḥ sarva eva mitāśanāḥ | nyavasan pāṇḍavās tatra kṛṣṇayā saha bhāryayā ||

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവിടെ പാണ്ഡവർ എല്ലാവരും തങ്ങളുടെ ഭാര്യ കൃഷ്ണാ (ദ്രൗപദി)യോടൊപ്പം പാർത്തു; ഫലാഹാരത്തിൽ ജീവിച്ചു, എല്ലാവരും മിതാഹാരികളായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

अनुभुक्तफलाहाराःhaving food consisting of eaten/obtained fruits (living on fruits)

सर्वेall

एवindeed/only

मिताशनाःmoderate in eating

न्यवसन्they dwelt/lived

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

तत्रthere

कृष्णयाwith Krishna (Draupadi)

सहtogether with

भार्ययाwith (their) wife

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic discipline in adversity: the Pāṇḍavas practice moderation (mitāśana) and simple living, showing that ethical steadiness and self-control are central virtues during hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

During their forest exile, the Pāṇḍavas are described as residing in a particular place with Draupadī, living on fruits and keeping their food intake limited, emphasizing their austere mode of life.