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वैशंपायन उवाचvaiśaṃpāyana uvācaVaishampayana said
ततः तेषु प्रयातेषु कौन्तेयः सत्यसंगरः अभ्यभाषत धर्मात्मा भ्रातॄन् सर्वान् युधिष्ठिरःtataḥ teṣu prayāteṣu kaunteyaḥ satyasaṃgaraḥ abhyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhrātṝn sarvān yudhiṣṭhiraḥthen, when they had gone, Kaunteya Yudhishthira, whose soul was dharma and who was true to his word, addressed all his brothers
द्वादश इमाः समाः अस्माभिः वस्तव्यम् निर्जने वने समीक्षध्वम् महारण्ये देशम् बहुमृगद्विजम्dvādaśa imāḥ samāḥ asmābhiḥ vastavyam nirjane vane samīkṣadhvam mahāraṇye deśam bahumṛgadvijamfor these twelve years we must dwell in a lonely forest; survey in the great wilderness a place with many beasts and birds
बहुपुष्पफलम् रम्यम् शिवम् पुण्यजनोचितम् यत्र इमाः शरदः सर्वाः सुखम् प्रतिवसेमहिbahupuṣpaphalam ramyam śivam puṇyajanocitam yatra imāḥ śaradaḥ sarvāḥ sukham prativasemahibeautiful, with many flowers and fruits, auspicious and fit for righteous people, where we might comfortably pass all these years
एवम् उक्ते प्रत्युवाच धर्मराजम् धनंजयः गुरुवत् मानवगुरुम् मानयित्वा मनस्विनम्evam ukte pratyuvāca dharmarājam dhanaṃjayaḥ guruvat mānavagurum mānayitvā manasvinamwhen this was said, Dhananjaya answered the king of dharma, having honored the wise teacher of men as an elder
अर्जुन उवाचarjuna uvācaArjuna said
भवान् एव महर्षीणाम् वृद्धानाम् पर्युपासिता अज्ञातम् मानुषे लोके भवतः न अस्ति किं चनbhavān eva maharṣīṇām vṛddhānām paryupāsitā ajñātam mānuṣe loke bhavataḥ na asti kiṃ canayou yourself have served the great rishis and the elders; in the human world there is nothing that is unknown to you
त्वया हि उपासिताः नित्यम् ब्राह्मणाः भरतर्षभ द्वैपायनप्रभृतयः नारदः च महातपाःtvayā hi upāsitāḥ nityam brāhmaṇāḥ bharatarṣabha dvaipāyanaprabhṛtayaḥ nāradaḥ ca mahātapāḥfor brahmanas have always been honored by you, O bull of the Bharatas, beginning with Dvaipayana, and Narada of great austerity
यः सर्वलोकद्वाराणि नित्यम् संचरते वशी देवलोकात् ब्रह्मलोकम् गन्धर्वाप्सरसाम् अपिyaḥ sarvalokadvārāṇi nityam saṃcarate vaśī devalokāt brahmalokam gandharvāpsarasām apiwho, self-controlled, constantly passes through the gates of all worlds, from the world of the gods to the world of Brahma, and also the worlds of the gandharvas and apsaras
सर्वा गतीः विजानासि ब्राह्मणानाम् न संशयः प्रभावान् च एव वेत्थ त्वम् सर्वेषाम् एव पार्थिवsarvā gatīḥ vijānāsi brāhmaṇānām na saṃśayaḥ prabhāvān ca eva vettha tvam sarveṣām eva pārthivayou know all the ways of the brahmanas, without doubt, and you know the powers of all, O king
त्वम् एव राजन् जानासि श्रेयःकारणम् एव च यत्र इच्छसि महाराज निवासम् तत्र कुर्महेtvam eva rājan jānāsi śreyaḥkāraṇam eva ca yatra icchasi mahārāja nivāsam tatra kurmaheyou yourself, O king, know the cause of good; wherever you wish to dwell, there we shall settle
इदम् द्वैतवनम् नाम सरः पुण्यजनोचितम् बहुपुष्पफलम् रम्यम् नानाद्विजनिषेवितम्idam dvaitavanam nāma saraḥ puṇyajanocitam bahupuṣpaphalam ramyam nānādvijaniṣevitamhere is a lake named Dvaitavana, fit for righteous people, with many flowers and fruits, beautiful, frequented by various birds
अत्र इमाः द्वादश समाः विहरेम इति रोचये यदि ते अनुमतं राजन् किम् वा अन्यत् मन्यते भवान्atra imāḥ dvādaśa samāḥ viharema iti rocaye yadi te anumataṃ rājan kim vā anyat manyate bhavānI would like us to spend these twelve years here, if it pleases you, O king; or what else do you think
युधिष्ठिर उवाचyudhiṣṭhira uvācaYudhishthira said
मम अपि एतत् मतम् पार्थ त्वया यत् समुदाहृतम् गच्छाम पुण्यम् विख्यातम् महत् द्वैतवनम् सरःmama api etat matam pārtha tvayā yat samudāhṛtam gacchāma puṇyam vikhyātam mahat dvaitavanam saraḥmy opinion too, O Partha, is as you have said; let us go to the holy, renowned, great lake Dvaitavana
ततस्tatasoriginal form "tatas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्वादशेमाःdvādaśemāḥoriginal form "dvādaśemāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समास्माभिर्samāsmābhiroriginal form "samāsmābhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वस्तव्यंvastavyaṃoriginal form "vastavyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समीक्षध्वंsamīkṣadhvaṃoriginal form "samīkṣadhvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देशंdeśaṃoriginal form "deśaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बहुपुष्पफलंbahupuṣpaphalaṃoriginal form "bahupuṣpaphalaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रम्यंramyaṃoriginal form "ramyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शिवंśivaṃoriginal form "śivaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यत्रेमाःyatremāḥoriginal form "yatremāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुखंsukhaṃoriginal form "sukhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धर्मराजंdharmarājaṃoriginal form "dharmarājaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गुरुवन्guruvanoriginal form "guruvan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मानवगुरुंmānavaguruṃoriginal form "mānavaguruṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महर्षीणांmaharṣīṇāṃoriginal form "maharṣīṇāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृद्धानांvṛddhānāṃoriginal form "vṛddhānāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अज्ञातंajñātaṃoriginal form "ajñātaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भवतोbhavatooriginal form "bhavato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नास्तिnāstioriginal form "nāsti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ह्य्hyoriginal form "hy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उपासिताupāsitāoriginal form "upāsitā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नित्यंnityaṃoriginal form "nityaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्राह्मणाbrāhmaṇāoriginal form "brāhmaṇā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्वैपायनप्रभृतयोdvaipāyanaprabhṛtayooriginal form "dvaipāyanaprabhṛtayo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नारदश्nāradaśoriginal form "nāradaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नित्यंnityaṃoriginal form "nityaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देवलोकाद्devalokādoriginal form "devalokād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्रह्मलोकंbrahmalokaṃoriginal form "brahmalokaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गतीर्gatīroriginal form "gatīr", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्राह्मणानांbrāhmaṇānāṃoriginal form "brāhmaṇānāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रभावांश्prabhāvāṃśoriginal form "prabhāvāṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्वंtvaṃoriginal form "tvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजञ्rājañoriginal form "rājañ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यत्रेच्छसिyatrecchasioriginal form "yatrecchasi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
निवासंnivāsaṃoriginal form "nivāsaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इदंidaṃoriginal form "idaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्वैतवनंdvaitavanaṃoriginal form "dvaitavanaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बहुपुष्पफलंbahupuṣpaphalaṃoriginal form "bahupuṣpaphalaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रम्यंramyaṃoriginal form "ramyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अत्रेमाatremāoriginal form "atremā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समाsamāoriginal form "samā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विहरेमेतिviharemetioriginal form "viharemeti", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽनुमतं'numataṃoriginal form "'numataṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
किंkiṃoriginal form "kiṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वान्यन्vānyanoriginal form "vānyan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ममाप्य्mamāpyoriginal form "mamāpy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतन्etanoriginal form "etan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मतंmataṃoriginal form "mataṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुण्यंpuṇyaṃoriginal form "puṇyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विख्यातंvikhyātaṃoriginal form "vikhyātaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महद्mahadoriginal form "mahad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्वैतवनंdvaitavanaṃoriginal form "dvaitavanaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Even in exile, the decision is made with respect. Yudhishthira consults his brothers, Arjuna acknowledges his spiritual experience, and the place of suffering is chosen as a place to live by dharma, not merely a refuge.