Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तत्र पुष्पाणि दिव्यानि सुहृद्धि:ः सह पाण्डवा: । ददृशु: पञ्चवर्णानि द्रौपदी च यशस्विनी,पाण्डवोंने अपने सुहृदोंके साथ जाकर उन मालाओंमें गूँथे हुए दिव्य पुष्प देखे, जो पाँच रंगके थे। यशस्विनी द्रौपदीने भी उन फ़ूलोंको देखा था

Transliteration

tatra puṣpāṇi divyāni suhṛdbhiḥ saha pāṇḍavāḥ | dadṛśuḥ pañcavarṇāni draupadī ca yaśasvinī ||

Translation

在那里，般度五子与随行的亲善之人一同看见花鬘中编缀的天花，呈五色；名声卓著的德罗帕蒂也看见了那些花朵。

Word by Word

तत्रthere

पुष्पाणिflowers

दिव्यानिdivine, celestial

सुहृद्भिःwith friends, by friends

सहtogether with

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

ददृशुःsaw

पञ्चवर्णानिfive-colored

द्रौपदीDraupadi

चand

यशस्विनीrenowned, illustrious

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Draupadī

divine five-colored flowers

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic sensibility in exile: encountering beauty and marvels of nature with attentive wonder and self-restraint, shared in the company of well-wishers, rather than with grasping or entitlement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that the Pāṇḍavas, along with their companions, come upon and observe divine flowers of five colors; Draupadī also sees them.