Shloka 16

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं स पाण्डवस्तेन अनुनीतो महात्मना । विशोको विज्वरो राजन्‌ काम्यके न्यवसत्‌ तदा,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! इस प्रकार उन महात्मा मार्कण्डेयजीके समझाने-बुझाने और आश्वासन देनेपर उस समय पाण्डुनन्दन राजा युधिष्ठिर शोक तथा चिन्तासे रहित हो काम्यकवनमें सुखपूर्वक रहने लगे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca: evaṃ sa pāṇḍavas tena anunīto mahātmanā | viśoko vijvaro rājan kāmyake nyavasat tadā ||

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：“大王啊，如此，那位般度之子在大德圣者温言劝慰之下，摆脱了悲痛与如热病般的焦虑；当时便安然居住在迦弥迦森林之中。”

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

सःhe

पाण्डवःthe Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira)

तेनby him / by that (sage)

अनुनीतःconsoled / persuaded

महात्मनाby the great-souled one

विशोकःfree from grief

विज्वरःfree from fever/anguish

राजन्O king

काम्यकेin Kāmyaka (forest)

न्यवसत्dwelt / stayed

तदाthen

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Mahātmā (Mārkaṇḍeya)

Kāmyaka forest

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wise guidance from a realized elder can transform grief into steadiness; the verse highlights the dharmic value of counsel that cools the mind’s ‘fever’ and enables patient, righteous endurance during hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being reassured and persuaded by the great sage Mārkaṇḍeya, Yudhiṣṭhira becomes free from sorrow and anxious agitation and continues to live calmly in the Kāmyaka forest during the Pāṇḍavas’ exile.