Shloka 28

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्

Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy

Devanagari script

अदासा: पाण्डवा: सन्तु सरथा: सायुधा इति । मयोक्ते यत्र निर्मुक्ता वनवासाय केशव

Transliteration

adāsāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ santu sa-rathāḥ sāyudhā iti | mayokte yatra nirmuktā vanavāsāya keśava ||

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说：“愿般度五子不再为奴——愿他们得以复归本位，连同战车与兵器。”噢，克舍婆啊，我如此言说之时，他们虽从奴役之辱中获释，却仍不得不承受林中流放的艰辛。

Word by Word

• अदासाः: free from servitude (non-slaves)
• अदासाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-दास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सन्तु: let them be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सरथाः: with chariots
• सरथाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सायुधाः: with weapons
• सायुधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-आयुध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• उक्ते: when (it was) said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यत्र: where/when (in which circumstance)
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• निर्मुक्ताः: released/freed
• निर्मुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-मुच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वनवासाय: for forest-dwelling (exile)
• वनवासाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनवास
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• केशव: O Keshava
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• chariots (ratha)
• weapons (āyudha)
• forest exile (vanavāsa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that restoration of dignity (freedom from servitude, return of chariots and weapons) can coexist with the continued obligation to undergo hardship (forest exile). Ethically, it distinguishes between removing an unjust humiliation and still honoring or enduring the consequences of prior conditions, fate, or vows.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a declaration that the Pāṇḍavas should be considered free (no longer treated as slaves) and restored to their martial status with chariots and weapons. Yet, despite this release from bondage, they proceed to bear the suffering of vanavāsa (forest exile), indicating that their trials are not immediately ended by this change in status.