Shloka 4

भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः

Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt

Devanagari script

तथेत्युक्त्वा तु ते सर्वे रथैस्तूर्ण प्रहारिण: । आचार्य धनदानार्थ द्रोणेन सहिता ययु:

Transliteration

tathety uktvā tu te sarve rathais tūrṇa-prahāriṇaḥ | ācārya-dhana-dānārthaṃ droṇena sahitā yayuḥ ||

Translation

他们齐声说道：“就如此吧。”那些出手迅疾的王子们登上战车，与德罗纳同往，立志以完成师命来奉上师资之礼（guru-dakṣiṇā）。

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, prior action

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• रथैः: by/with chariots
• रथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• तूर्ण: swift, quick
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तूर्ण
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, used as first member in a compound with प्रहारिणः

• प्रहारिणः: strikers/attackers
• प्रहारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहारिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• आचार्य: to/for the teacher
• आचार्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• धनदानार्थम्: for the purpose of giving wealth (fee)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन-दान-अर्थ
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• द्रोणेन: with Drona
• द्रोणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• सहिता: accompanied (together)
• सहिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: क्त (past participle), masculine, nominative, plural

• ययुः: went, set out
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, plural, active

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Droṇa
• princes (rājakumāra-s)
• chariots (ratha-s)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic expectation of honoring one’s teacher through guru-dakṣiṇā: gratitude is not merely verbal but expressed through decisive, disciplined action in service of the teacher’s stated purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

After agreeing (“So be it”), the princes—ready for combat—mount their chariots and depart together with Droṇa to carry out the task that will constitute the payment of his teacher’s fee.