Shloka 1

वनप्रस्थानम् (Departure for the Forest) — Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 24

Devanagari script

#2:8 #:23:.:7 (0) हि २ 7 चतुर्विशो$ध्याय: पाण्डवोंका द्वैतवनमें जाना वैशम्पायन उवाच ततस्तेषु प्रयातेषु कौन्तेय: सत्यसंगर: । अभ्यभाषत धर्मात्मा भ्रातृन्‌ सर्वान्‌ युधिष्ठिर:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर प्रजाजनोंके चले जानेपर सत्यप्रतिज्ञ एवं धर्मात्मा कुन्तीनन्दन युधिष्ठिरने अपने सब भाइयोंसे कहा--

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tataḥ teṣu prayāteṣu kaunteyaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ | abhyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhrātṝn sarvān yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波衍那说道：“阇那美阇耶啊！待众人离去之后，昆蒂之子、誓愿坚定而奉持法度的坚战（由提施提罗），便对诸位弟弟开口说道。”

Word by Word

• {'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'teṣu': 'among/with regard to them', 'prayāteṣu': 'having departed

• when (they) had gone', 'kaunteyaḥ': 'son of Kuntī

• an epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira (also used for other Pāṇḍavas contextually)', 'satyasaṅgaraḥ': 'firm in truth/pledge

• one whose resolve is bound to truth', 'abhyabhāṣata': 'spoke to

• addressed', 'dharmātmā': 'one whose nature is dharma

• righteous-minded', 'bhrātṝn': 'brothers (accusative plural)', 'sarvān': 'all', 'yudhiṣṭhiraḥ': 'Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava)'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kuntī
• Pāṇḍava brothers

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds Yudhiṣṭhira’s ethical authority: true leadership is grounded in satya (truth/faithfulness to vows) and dharma (righteous discernment), especially when guiding one’s closest companions in difficult circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a group of people has left, the narration narrows to the Pāṇḍavas. Yudhiṣṭhira, characterized as steadfast in truth and righteous in nature, begins to speak to all his brothers, setting up the next counsel or decision in the forest episode.