Shloka 3

Mahāprasthānika-parva Adhyāya 2: The Northward March, Sight of Himavat and Meru, and the Sequential Falls

Devanagari script

तेषां तु गच्छतां शीघ्र सर्वेषां योगधर्मिणाम्‌ । याज्ञसेनी भ्रष्टयोगा निपपात महीतले,सब पाण्डव योगधर्ममें स्थित हो बड़ी शीघ्रतासे चल रहे थे। उनमेंसे ट्रपदकुमारी कृष्णाका मन योगसे विचलित हो गया; अतः वह लड़खड़ाकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ी

Transliteration

teṣāṃ tu gacchatāṃ śīghraṃ sarveṣāṃ yogadharmiṇām | yājñasenī bhraṣṭayogā nipapāta mahītale ||

Translation

వారందరూ యోగధర్మంలో స్థితులై వేగంగా సాగుతున్నారు. వారిలో యాజ్ఞసేనీ (ద్రౌపది) యోగస్థితి భ్రష్టమై, తడబడుతూ భూమిపై పడిపోయింది.

Word by Word

तेषाम्of them

तुbut/indeed

गच्छताम्of (those) going

शीघ्रम्quickly

सर्वेषाम्of all

योगधर्मिणाम्of those whose dharma is yoga / devoted to yoga

याज्ञसेनीYājñasenī (Draupadī)

भ्रष्टयोगाhaving fallen from yoga / with yoga disturbed

निपपातfell down

महीतलेon the ground/on the earth's surface

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)

य

याज्ञसेनी / द्रौपदी (Yājñasenī / Draupadī)

प

पाण्डवाः (the Pāṇḍavas, implied by context)

म

मही (earth/ground)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual discipline (yoga as inner steadiness and self-governance) must be maintained continuously; even a momentary loss of inner balance can lead to a fall. The verse frames the final journey as a test of sustained detachment and integrity.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the Pāṇḍavas proceed swiftly on their great departure, Draupadī (Yājñasenī) loses her yogic steadiness and collapses to the ground, marking the first fall among the companions on the path.