Shloka 6

Adhyāya 32: Tāpasānāṃ Darśanaṃ — Ascetics Seek to Identify the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

परस्परं समागम्य योधास्ते भरतर्षभ । मुने: प्रसादात्‌ ते होवं क्षत्रिया नष्टमन्‍्यव:

Transliteration

parasparaṁ samāgamya yodhās te bharatarṣabha | muneḥ prasādāt te hovaṁ kṣatriyā naṣṭam anyavaḥ ||

Translation

வைசம்பாயனர் கூறினார்—பரதகுலச் சிறந்தவனே! அந்த வீரர்கள் ஒருவரையொருவர் நேருக்கு நேர் வந்து சேர்ந்தனர்; முனிவரின் அருளால் அந்தக் க்ஷத்திரியர்கள் தம் இயல்பான வீரத் திடத்தையும் உறுதியையும் மீட்டுக் கொண்டு, மயக்கமும் குழப்பமும் அற்றவர்களாயினர்.

Word by Word

परस्परम्mutually, with one another

समागम्यhaving come together, having met

योधाःwarriors

तेthose

भरतर्षभO bull of the Bharatas

मुनेःof the sage

प्रसादात्from (by) the grace/favor

तेthey

होवम्became

क्षत्रियाःKshatriyas, warriors (as a class)

नष्टमन्यवःwhose anger was gone; free from wrath

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bharatarṣabha (addressed listener, Janamejaya)

muni (a sage, unnamed here)

kṣatriyāḥ (warrior class)

yodhāḥ (warriors)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how a sage’s prasāda (grace/benediction) can restore clarity, courage, and rightful Kṣatriya resolve—suggesting that ethical strength and right action may be rekindled through spiritual guidance rather than mere force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the warriors assembled and confronted one another; through the intervention or blessing of a sage, they regained their proper warrior disposition, no longer remaining in a ‘lost’ or disoriented state.