Shloka 26

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दथे धर्मों भगवॉललोकभावन: । समेता: पाण्डवाश्वैव सुखसुप्ता मनस्विन:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca: ity uktvāntardadhe dharmo bhagavāṁl lokabhāvanaḥ | sametāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva sukhasuptā manasvinaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana kể: Nói xong, Dharma—Đấng cát tường, bậc nâng đỡ muôn loài—liền biến mất khỏi tầm mắt. Còn các Pāṇḍava, tụ họp bên nhau, những bậc trượng phu cao cả ấy cũng chìm vào giấc ngủ an hòa.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

अन्तर्दधेdisappeared, vanished

धर्मःDharma (the deity), righteousness

भगवान्the blessed/lordly one

लोकभावनःnourisher/upholder of the world

समेताःassembled, gathered together

पाण्डवाःthe Pāṇḍavas

चand

एवindeed, just

सुखसुप्ताःslept comfortably, sleeping happily

मनस्विनःhigh-minded, spirited

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dharma

Pāṇḍavas

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?

Dharma is portrayed as a living, divine principle that guides and then withdraws; once instruction or assurance is given, one must internalize it and rest in steadiness—symbolized by the Pāṇḍavas’ calm sleep.

What is happening in the narrative?

After speaking, the personified Dharma vanishes, marking the close of an encounter or message; the Pāṇḍavas, now together and mentally composed, settle into a peaceful sleep.