Shloka 49

Droṇa’s Ācārya-Dakṣiṇā: Capture of Drupada and Division of Pāñcāla (द्रोण-आचार्यदक्षिणा)

Devanagari script

ततस्ते सहिता: सर्वे जलक्रीडामकुर्वत । पाण्डवा धार्तराष्ट्रश्न तदा मुदितमानसा:,तब भोजनके पश्चात्‌ पाण्डव तथा धुतराष्ट्रके पुत्र सभी प्रसन्नचित्त हो एक साथ जलक्रीड़ा करने लगे

Transliteration

tataste sahitāḥ sarve jalakrīḍām akurvata | pāṇḍavā dhārtarāṣṭrāś ca tadā muditamānasāḥ ||

Translation

त्यानंतर भोजनानंतर पांडव आणि धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र—सर्वजण—प्रसन्नचित्त होऊन एकत्र जलक्रीडा करू लागले.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तेthey (those)

सहिताःtogether, united

सर्वेall

जलक्रीडाम्water-sport, playing in water

अकुर्वतdid, engaged in

पाण्डवाःthe Pāṇḍavas

धार्तराष्ट्राःthe Dhārtarāṣṭras (sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

चand

तदाat that time

मुदितमानसाःhaving delighted minds, cheerful

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavāḥ

Dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ (Kauravāḥ)

jala (water)

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 among future rivals, harmony is possible when minds are free from jealousy and malice; the epic subtly contrasts this natural camaraderie with the later ethical collapse driven by envy and adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a shared meal (implied by the surrounding context), the Pāṇḍavas and the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, all cheerful, go together to play in the water, depicting a brief period of friendly togetherness.