Shloka 4

Vyāsa’s Inquiry into Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Tapas and the Identification of Vidura with Dharma

Devanagari script

पाण्डवास्तु महात्मानो लघुभूयिष्ठसैनिका: । पुनर्जग्मुर्महात्मानं सदारास्तं महीपतिम्‌,महात्मा पाण्डव छोटे-बड़े सैनिकों और अपनी स्त्रियोंके साथ पुनः महामना राजा धृतराष्ट्रके पीछे-पीछे गये

Transliteration

pāṇḍavās tu mahātmāno laghubhūyiṣṭhasainikāḥ | punar jagmur mahātmānaṃ sadārāstaṃ mahīpatim ||

Translation

ਮਹਾਤਮਾ ਪਾਂਡਵ ਥੋੜ੍ਹੀ ਜਿਹੀ ਸੈਨਾ ਨਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਪਤਨੀਆਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਮੁੜ ਉਸ ਮਹਾਮਨਾਵਾਨ ਮਹੀਪਤੀ ਧ੍ਰਿਤਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਦੇ ਪਿੱਛੇ-ਪਿੱਛੇ ਤੁਰ ਪਏ।

Word by Word

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• महात्मानः: great-souled (ones)
• महात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लघुभूयिष्ठसैनिकाः: having a very small army/following
• लघुभूयिष्ठसैनिकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लघुभूयिष्ठसैनिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled (man)
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सदारान्: together with (their) wives
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महीपतिम्: the king/lord of the earth
• महीपतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍavas' wives
• soldiers (small contingent)