Shloka 1

Devanagari script

हि >> न (0) हि 7 आम पञ्चदशाधिकंत्रेशततमो< ध्याय: अज्ञातवासके लिये अनुमति लेते समय शोकाकुल हुए युधिष्ठिरको महर्षि धौम्यका समझाना

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | dharmeṇa te 'bhyanujñātāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ satyavikramāḥ | ajñātavāsaṃ vatsyantaś channā varṣaṃ trayodaśam ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Получив дозволение согласно дхарме, Пандавы — чья доблесть была верна данному слову — решили провести тринадцатый год в сокрытии, живя неузнанными. С этой целью они собрались неподалёку и сели для совета, готовясь испросить разрешение у подвижников, которые из привязанности оставались с ними во время лесного изгнания.

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मेण: by Dharma / by Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharma)
• धर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभ्यनुज्ञाताः: permitted / granted leave
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभ्यनुज्ञा (अभि+अनु+ज्ञा)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• सत्यविक्रमाः: of true valor / truly valiant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अज्ञातवासम्: life in concealment (incognito stay)
• अज्ञातवासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञातवास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वत्स्यन्ति: will dwell / will live
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Simple future (लृट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अच्छन्नाः: concealed / covered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आच्छद्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वर्षम्: a year
• वर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्रयोदशम्: thirteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīmasena
• Dhaumya
• ascetic brāhmaṇas (tapasvins)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in crisis, major decisions should be taken through dharmic procedure—seeking rightful permission, honoring relationships, and acting with restraint and truth rather than haste or impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

After completing twelve years of forest exile, the Pāṇḍavas prepare for the required thirteenth year of ajñātavāsa (living unrecognized). They gather to consult among themselves and to take leave of the ascetics who had accompanied them out of affection.