Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तथेत्युक्त्वा हि ते सर्वे पाण्डवा: सात्यकिस्तथा । वासुदेवेन सहिता मड़लार्थ बहिर्ययु:,तब “बहुत अच्छा” कहकर समस्त पाण्डव और सात्यकि श्रीकृष्णके साथ अपने मंगलके लिये छावनीसे बाहर चले गये

Transliteration

tathety uktvā hi te sarve pāṇḍavāḥ sātyakis tathā | vāsudevena sahitā maṅgalārthaṃ bahir yayuḥ ||

Translation

ครั้นกล่าวว่า “เป็นเช่นนั้นเถิด” แล้ว เหล่าปาณฑพทั้งปวงและสาตยกีด้วย ได้ไปพร้อมกับวาสุเทวะ (พระกฤษณะ) ออกนอกค่ายเพื่อมงคล

Word by Word

तथाthus/so

इतिthus (quotative)

उक्त्वाhaving said

हिindeed/for

तेthey/those

सर्वेall

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

सात्यकिःSatyaki

तथाalso/likewise

वासुदेवेनwith Vasudeva (Krishna)

सहिताaccompanied (by)

मङ्गलार्थम्for auspiciousness

बहिःoutside

ययुःwent

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍavas

Sātyaki

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

camp (śibira)

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?

Even in a battlefield setting, the leaders’ actions are framed by maṅgala (auspicious, ethically aligned intent): assent is followed by purposeful movement under righteous guidance (here, with Kṛṣṇa), suggesting that strategy and conduct should remain tethered to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After agreeing (“So be it”), the Pāṇḍavas—together with Sātyaki and accompanied by Kṛṣṇa—leave the camp and go outside, explicitly described as being for maṅgala, i.e., to secure an auspicious or favorable course of action.