Shloka 11

Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 1 — The Pandavas’ Exit from Gajasāhvaya and the Citizens’ Lament (जनमेजयप्रश्नः; पाण्डवानां वनप्रस्थानम्)

Devanagari script

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Transliteration

indrasenādayaś caiva bhṛtyāḥ paricaturdaśa | rathair anuyayuḥ śīghraiḥ striya ādāya sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు చెప్పెను—ఇంద్రసేన మొదలైన పద్నాలుగుకు మించిన సేవకులు, సమస్త స్త్రీలను వేగవంతమైన రథాలపై ఎక్కించి, వారి వెనుక వెనుకగా బయలుదేరారు.

Word by Word

• {'indrasenādayaḥ': 'Indrasena and others (beginning with Indrasena)', 'ca eva': 'and indeed / also', 'bhṛtyāḥ': 'servants, attendants, dependents', 'pari-caturdaśa': 'around fourteen

• more than fourteen (approximately fourteen and above)', 'rathaiḥ': 'with chariots (instrumental plural)', 'anuyayuḥ': 'they followed

• they went after (perfect/aorist narrative form)', 'śīghraiḥ': 'swift, fast-moving (instrumental plural agreeing with rathaiḥ)', 'striyaḥ': 'women (accusative plural)', 'ādāya': 'having taken, having brought along (absolutive)', 'sarvaśaḥ': 'entirely, all together, without exception'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Indrasena
• bhṛtyāḥ (attendants/servants)
• striyaḥ (women)
• rathāḥ (chariots)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in hardship and displacement, dharma expresses itself as responsible care for one’s dependents—ensuring safety, orderly travel, and not leaving vulnerable members of the household unprotected.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indrasena and other servants, numbering more than fourteen, travel in swift chariots and follow along after taking all the women with them, indicating a coordinated departure with the household entourage.