Shloka 25

Kāmyake Pāṇḍavānāṃ Bhojana-vyavasthā

Provisioning and Welfare in the Kāmyaka Forest

Devanagari script

स वाच्यो मम संदेशाद्‌ धर्मात्मा सत्यसंगर: । नोत्कण्ठा फाल्गुने कार्या कृतास्त्र: शीघ्रमेष्यति,वे बड़े धर्मात्मा और सत्यप्रतिज्ञ हैं। उनसे मेरा यह संदेश कहियेगा--'राजन्‌! आप अर्जुनके वापस लौटनेके विषयमें उत्कण्ठित न हों। वे अस्त्रविद्या सीखकर शीघ्र ही लौट आयेंगे

Transliteration

sa vācyo mama saṃdeśād dharmātmā satyasaṅgaraḥ | notkaṇṭhā phālgune kāryā kṛtāstraḥ śīghram eṣyati ||

Translation

वैशंपायन म्हणाले— त्या धर्मात्मा, सत्यप्रतिज्ञ राजाला माझ्या संदेशाने असे सांग— ‘राजन्! फाल्गुन (अर्जुन) याविषयी उत्कंठा करू नका. तो अस्त्रविद्या संपादन करून लवकरच परत येईल.’

Word by Word

सःhe

वाच्यःto be told/addressed

ममof me / my

संदेशात्by/through (my) message

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled

सत्यसंगरःtrue to his vow / of true resolve

नnot

उत्कण्ठाanxiety / eager longing

फाल्गुनेabout Phalguna (Arjuna)

कार्याshould be done (i.e., should be felt/entertained)

कृतास्त्रःhaving obtained/mastered weapons (astra-knowledge)

शीघ्रम्quickly

एष्यतिwill come/return

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Phālguna (Arjuna)

the king (rājā; implied addressee)

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 highlights steadiness in dharma and truth while practicing emotional discipline: a righteous ruler should not be consumed by anxious longing, but trust in purposeful effort—Arjuna’s disciplined acquisition of astras will bear timely results.

What is happening in the narrative?

A message is to be delivered to a dharmic, truth-bound king, reassuring him not to worry about Arjuna (Phālguna). Arjuna is away learning and securing powerful weapons, and the speaker affirms he will return soon after completing that training.