Shloka 3

Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna Saṃvāda in Indraprastha: Consolation, Legitimation, and Leave for Dvārakā (आश्वमेधिकपर्व, अध्याय १५)

Devanagari script

विजद्दाते मुदा युक्तौ दिवि देवेश्वराविव । तौ वनेषु विचित्रेषु पर्वतेषु ससानुषु

Transliteration

Vijaddāte mudā yuktau divi deveśvarāv iva | tau vaneṣu vicitreṣu parvateṣu sasānuṣu ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana thưa: Như hai vị thần tể du ngoạn chốn thiên cung, đôi bạn ấy tràn đầy hoan lạc, rong ruổi qua những khu rừng kỳ diệu và dọc theo các dãy núi có những đỉnh cao mỹ lệ.

Word by Word

• विजद्दाते: they sported/they moved about (reading uncertain)
• विजद्दाते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विजद्-दात (पाठभेद/अस्पष्ट; सम्भवतः 'विजह्राते' इत्यर्थे)
• Form: Imperfect/Perfect? (अस्पष्ट पाठ), 3, Dual

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्तौ: joined/engaged, endowed (with joy)
• युक्तौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (युज् धातोः क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (द्यौः/दिव्)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• देवेश्वरौ: two lords of the gods
• देवेश्वरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• वनेषु: in forests
• वनेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• विचित्रेषु: variegated, wonderful
• विचित्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• पर्वतेषु: on mountains
• पर्वतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• ससानुषु: with peaks/ridges
• ससानुषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-सानु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• two companions (tau)
• forests (vana)
• mountains (parvata)
• peaks/summits (sānu)
• heaven (div)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic value of renewed concord: after conflict, true nobility is shown not only in power but in the capacity to return to joy, companionship, and peaceful conduct amid the natural world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes two companions traveling together in delight, moving through beautiful forests and mountain peaks, compared to two divine lords enjoying heavenly recreation.