Shloka 1

Āśramāgamanam — The Pāṇḍavas Arrive at Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

द्वात्रिशोड्ध्याय: व्यासजीके प्रभावसे कुरुक्षेत्रके युद्धमें मारे गये कौरव- पाण्डववीरोंका गड़ाजीके जलसे प्रकट होना वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो निशायां प्राप्तायां कृतसायाद्विकक्रिया: । व्यासमभ्यगमन्‌ सर्वे ये तत्रासन्‌ समागता:

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tato niśāyāṃ prāptāyāṃ kṛtasāyāhnikakriyāḥ | vyāsam abhyagaman sarve ye tatrāsan samāgatāḥ ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那曰：其后，夜色将临，凡在彼处聚集之人——既已完成黄昏时分的常行仪轨——便一同前往圣仙毗耶娑之前。此景昭示：纵在哀恸与战后余烬之中，戒律之行仍不废；礼法之责与对智慧的敬仰，成为众人寻求指引与意义时的共同依归。

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• निशायाम्: in the night
• निशायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• प्राप्तायाम्: having arrived (when it had come)
• प्राप्तायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कृतसायाह्निकक्रियाः: having performed the evening rites
• कृतसायाह्निकक्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतसायाह्निकक्रिया
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्यासम्: Vyāsa
• व्यासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यगमन्: approached, went near
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• आसन्: were
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Plural

• समागताः: assembled, gathered
• समागताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समागत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vyāsa
• Janamejaya