Shloka 1

वनप्रस्थानम् (Departure for the Forest) — Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 24

Devanagari script

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Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tataḥ teṣu prayāteṣu kaunteyaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ | abhyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhrātṝn sarvān yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana thưa: Tâu vua Janamejaya! Khi đoàn người ấy đã rời đi, Yudhiṣṭhira—con của Kuntī, bền vững trong lời thệ và một lòng với dharma—liền cất lời với tất cả các em của mình.

Word by Word

• {'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'teṣu': 'among/with regard to them', 'prayāteṣu': 'having departed

• when (they) had gone', 'kaunteyaḥ': 'son of Kuntī

• an epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira (also used for other Pāṇḍavas contextually)', 'satyasaṅgaraḥ': 'firm in truth/pledge

• one whose resolve is bound to truth', 'abhyabhāṣata': 'spoke to

• addressed', 'dharmātmā': 'one whose nature is dharma

• righteous-minded', 'bhrātṝn': 'brothers (accusative plural)', 'sarvān': 'all', 'yudhiṣṭhiraḥ': 'Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava)'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kuntī
• Pāṇḍava brothers

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds Yudhiṣṭhira’s ethical authority: true leadership is grounded in satya (truth/faithfulness to vows) and dharma (righteous discernment), especially when guiding one’s closest companions in difficult circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a group of people has left, the narration narrows to the Pāṇḍavas. Yudhiṣṭhira, characterized as steadfast in truth and righteous in nature, begins to speak to all his brothers, setting up the next counsel or decision in the forest episode.