Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पुनर्द्धतवनं रम्यमाजगाम युधिष्ठिर: । स्वादुमूलफलं रम्यं विचित्रबहुपादपम्‌,वैशम्पायनजीने कहा--राजन! पूर्वोक्त प्रकारसे द्रौपदीका हरण होनेपर भारी क्लेश उठानेके बाद जब पाण्डवोंने उन्हें पा लिया, तब धर्मसे कभी च्युत न होनेवाले राजा युधिष्ठिर अपने भाइयोंके साथ काम्यकवन छोड़कर पुनः रमणीय द्वैतवनमें ही चले आये। वहाँ स्वादिष्ट फल-मूलोंकी बहुतायत थी तथा बहुत-से विचित्र वृक्ष उस वनकी शोभा बढ़ाते थे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | punar dvaitavanaṁ ramyam ājagāma yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | svādu-mūla-phalaṁ ramyaṁ vicitra-bahu-pādapam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Yudhiṣṭhira lại trở về khu rừng Dvaitavana tươi đẹp. Đó là một cánh rừng duyên dáng, dồi dào rễ củ và trái ngọt, lại được điểm tô bởi vô số loài cây kỳ diệu.

Word by Word

पुनःagain

द्वैतवनम्the Dvaita forest

रम्यम्beautiful, delightful

आजगामcame, arrived

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

स्वादुtasty, sweet

मूलफलम्roots and fruits

रम्यम्delightful

विचित्रबहुपादपम्having many varied trees

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Dvaitavana

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?

The verse underscores steadiness in dharma: even after severe distress, Yudhiṣṭhira continues a disciplined, righteous course, seeking lawful refuge and sustaining his party without abandoning ethical restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira comes again to the pleasant Dvaitavana, described as abundant in edible roots and fruits and filled with many diverse trees, setting the scene for the Pāṇḍavas’ continued forest life.