Shloka 1
सीता-रावण-संवादः
Sītā–Rāvaṇa Dialogue in the Aśoka Grove
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Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tasmin bahu-mṛge 'raṇye aṭamānā mahārathāḥ | kāmyake bharata-śreṣṭhā vijahus te yathā amarāḥ ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana disse: “Naquela floresta abundante em animais selvagens, aqueles grandes guerreiros de carro — os mais eminentes da linhagem de Bharata — vagavam pelos bosques de Kāmyaka, passando os dias em livre deambular como se fossem os próprios deuses.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in exile and amid danger, noble persons maintain composure and dignity; inner steadiness (dharma-based self-mastery) allows one to live without being broken by harsh surroundings.
The narrator describes the Pāṇḍava heroes roaming in the Kāmyaka forest, a wilderness full of animals, yet living with a godlike ease—setting the scene before the Jayadratha–Draupadī episode unfolds.