Shloka 46

Devanagari script

पाण्डवा: प्रीतमनस: सामात्या: ससुहृद्गणा: । वे खजानेको आगे करके अपनी राजधानीमें घुसे। उस समय मन्त्रियों एवं सुहृदोंसहित समस्त पाण्डवोंका मन प्रसन्न था

Transliteration

pāṇḍavāḥ prītamanasaḥ sāmātyāḥ sasuhṛdgaṇāḥ | te khajānenaikaṃ agre kṛtvā svāṃ rājadhānīṃ prāviśan | tasmin kāle mantribhiḥ suhṛdbhiś ca saha samastapāṇḍavānāṃ manaḥ prasannaṃ babhūva |

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను— పాండవులు హృదయానందంతో, మంత్రులతో కూడి, సుహృదుల సమూహముచే పరివృతులై, రాజకోశమును ముందుంచి తమ రాజధానిలో ప్రవేశించారు. ఆ సమయంలో మంత్రులు, మిత్రులు సమేతంగా సమస్త పాండవుల మనస్సులు శాంతముగా సంతుష్టముగా ఉండెను.

Word by Word

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

प्रीतमनसःwith delighted minds

सामात्याःtogether with ministers

ससुहृद्गणाःalong with groups of friends

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

ministers (amātya/mantrin)

friends/well-wishers (suhṛd)

royal treasury (khajāna)

capital city (rājadhānī)

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?

The verse highlights dharmic restoration: rightful rulers return to the seat of governance supported by ministers and well-wishers, with prosperity (the treasury) handled openly and responsibly—suggesting that stable rule depends on ethical administration and trusted counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the events leading into the Aśvamedhika context, the Pāṇḍavas, accompanied by their ministers and allies, enter their capital. The mention of the treasury going in front underscores the re-establishment of royal administration and the public, orderly resumption of state affairs.