Shloka 16
Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)
सत्यवादी शमपरस्तपस्वी दग्धकिल्बिष: । समुत्पन्न: स तु महान् सह पित्रा ततो गतः,“वे सत्यवादी, शान्त, तपस्वी और पापशान्य हैं। वे उत्पन्न होते ही बड़े होकर उस द्वीपसे अपने पिताके साथ चले गये थे
satyavādī śamaparaḥ tapasvī dagdhakilbiṣaḥ | samutpannaḥ sa tu mahān saha pitrā tato gataḥ ||
毗湿摩波罗耶那说道：他言必真实，心归寂静，苦行坚定，诸罪业皆已焚尽。且既一出世，便迅速长成伟大之人，随后与其父一同离开了那地方。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises ethical and spiritual virtues—truthfulness, tranquility, and austerity—and presents them as purifying forces that burn away moral taint (kilbiṣa), leading to greatness and worthy conduct.
Vaiśampāyana describes a virtuous figure characterized by truth, calm, and ascetic discipline; having arisen and become great, he departs together with his father from that place.