Shloka 2

Kaurava Court Hears of the Pāṇḍavas’ Forest Hardship (वैचित्रवीर्यवंशीयस्य राज्ञः करुणाविचारः)

Devanagari script

सदैवावां भगिन्यौ तु सखीभि: सह मानसम्‌ | आगच्छावेह रत्यर्थमनुज्ञाप्य प्रजापतिम्‌,हम दोनों बहिनें अपनी सखियोंके साथ प्रजापतिकी आज्ञा लेकर सदा क्रीडाविहारके लिये इस मानस पर्वतपर आया करती थीं

Transliteration

sadaivāvāṃ bhaginayau tu sakhībhiḥ saha mānasam | āgacchāveha ratyartham anujñāpya prajāpatiṃ ||

Translation

尤提希提罗说道：“我与姊妹二人，常与女伴同行，先得生主（Prajāpati）许可，方来此摩那萨山（Mānasaparvata）游嬉取乐。”

Word by Word

• सदैव: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा + एव

• आवाम्: we two
• आवाम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, dual

• भगिन्यौ: two sisters
• भगिन्यौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी
• Form: feminine, nominative, dual

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

• सखीभिः: with (our) friends
• सखीभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी
• Form: feminine, instrumental, plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• मानसम्: Mānasa (lake/mountain region)
• मानसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आगच्छाव: we two used to come / we came
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम्
• Form: imperfect (lan), 1st, dual, parasmaipada

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• रत्यर्थम्: for pleasure/sport
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति + अर्थ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अनुज्ञाप्य: having obtained permission / having asked leave
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + ज्ञा
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), parasmaipada (causative sense possible)

• प्रजापतिम्: Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• two sisters (bhaginī-dvaya)
• female friends (sakhī)
• Mānas(a) / Mānasaparvata
• Prajāpati

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in matters of enjoyment, one should act with restraint and propriety—seeking rightful permission and honoring established authority (a dharmic model of regulated pleasure rather than impulsive indulgence).

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker recounts a customary visit: two sisters, with their companions, regularly come to the Mānas region for recreation, emphasizing that they do so only after receiving Prajāpati’s consent.