Shloka 4

Draupadī’s Identification of the Pāṇḍavas and the Onset of the Chariot Engagement (द्रौपदी-पाण्डव-परिचयः)

Devanagari script

उक्त तात यथा पूर्व गच्छतस्ते तपोवनम्‌

Transliteration

ukta tāta yathā pūrva gacchataste tapovanam

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai anakku, seperti yang telah kukatakan dahulu, teruskanlah perjalananmu menuju pertapaan di rimba—hutan tapa.”

Word by Word

• उक्तम्: it has been said / said
• उक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त: उक्त)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• तात: O dear (son)/O child
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• गच्छतः: (you two) go
• गच्छतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (लट्; गच्छ)
• Form: present (लट्), second, dual

• ते: you two
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, nominative, dual

• तपोवनम्: the forest of austerities (hermitage-grove)
• तपोवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोवन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• tapo-vanam (forest hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes following sound instruction and returning to a disciplined setting (the tapovana), where restraint and tapas support ethical clarity and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses someone affectionately as “tāta” and directs them—consistent with prior instructions—to go to the tapovana, indicating a transition toward the hermitage/ascetic setting in the story.