Shloka 2

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरं पुरस्कृत्य सर्वाभरणभूषिता: । द्वारि मत्ता यथा नागा भ्राजमाना महारथा:

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhiraṃ puraskṛtya sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ | dvāri mattā yathā nāgā bhrājamānā mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Выдвинув вперёд Юдхиштхиру, великие колесничие, украшенные всеми царскими знаками, стояли у дверей, сияя, словно могучие слоны, опьянённые силой, у ворот. Эта картина подчёркивала их дисциплинированное возвращение к подобающему достоинству и законному облику после исполнения обета.

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhiṣṭhira (as the one put in front)
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरः: in front
• पुरः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस्

• कृत्य: having made/placed (having put)
• कृत्य: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• सर्व: with all
• सर्व: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• आभरण: ornaments
• आभरण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आभरण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भूषिताः: adorned
• भूषिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूष्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• द्वारि: at the door/gate
• द्वारि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मत्ताः: intoxicated, rutting
• मत्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• नागाः: elephants
• नागाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भ्राजमानाः: shining, resplendent
• भ्राजमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्राज्
• Form: शानच् (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍavas (implied by plural mahārathāḥ)
• door/gate (dvāra)
• elephants (nāga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic leadership and disciplined self-presentation: Yudhiṣṭhira is placed foremost, and the heroes appear in a manner consistent with honor and vow-keeping—power restrained by propriety.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the period of concealment and the completion of their pledge, the Pāṇḍavas, led by Yudhiṣṭhira, appear at the entrance in full royal adornment, shining and formidable like great elephants at a gate, ready to enter the royal setting openly.