Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तमन्वगच्छद्‌ विदुरो विद्वान्‌ सूतश्च॒ संजय: । स चापि परमेष्वास: कृप: शारद्वतस्तथा

Transliteration

tam anvagacchad viduro vidvān sūtaś ca sañjayaḥ | sa cāpi parameṣvāsaḥ kṛpaḥ śāradvatas tathā ||

Translation

அவரைத் தொடர்ந்து ஞானமிகு விதுரரும், தேரோட்டியான சஞ்சயனும் சென்றனர். மேலும் சாரத்வதனின் புதல்வன், உத்தம வில்லாளன் கிருபனும் உடன் சென்றான்.

Word by Word

तम्him

अन्वगच्छत्followed

विदुरःVidura

विद्वान्wise

सूतःthe charioteer

चand

संजयःSanjaya

सःhe

चalso/and

अपिalso

परमेष्वासःthe supreme archer

कृपःKripa

शारद्वतःson/descendant of Śaradvat

तथाlikewise/also

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vidura

Sañjaya

Kr̥pa (Śāradvata)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Those grounded in wisdom (Vidura), faithful service (Sañjaya), and disciplined martial virtue (Kr̥pa) uphold dharma by standing with elders during renunciation and transition, showing that ethical duty continues even after political power and war have ended.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the elder (contextually, the retiring king) proceeds toward a life of forest withdrawal, key figures—Vidura, Sañjaya, and Kr̥pa—follow him, indicating a small retinue accompanying the departure from courtly life into āśrama-based renunciation.