Shloka 43
Devanagari script
अथ वकद्रिदृषिस्तेषां सारस्वतमुपेयिवान्
Transliteration
atha vakadr̥dṛṣis teṣāṃ sārasvatam upeyivān
Translation
قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: ثم إن الحكيم وَكَدْرِدْرِشِي اقترب من سارَسْوَتَا على مرأى منهم، متقدّمًا نحوه، إذ يميل السرد إلى مشورة الرُّهّاب وتدخّلهم وسط اضطراب الحرب.
Word by Word
अथthen, now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
वकद्रिदृषिःVakadridṛṣi (a sage; proper name/epithet)
वकद्रिदृषिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवकद्रिदृषि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
सारस्वतम्Sārasvata (Dvaipāyana/Vyāsa; or the sage Sārasvata), to him
सारस्वतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसारस्वत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
उपेयिवान्having approached; approached
उपेयिवान्:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-इ
Formक्वसुँ (perfect active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaV
Vakadr̥dṛṣiS
SārasvataCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even in the midst of conflict, the epic foregrounds the role of ṛṣis: moral and strategic clarity is sought through learned counsel, reminding listeners that dharma is preserved by guidance, restraint, and right discernment.
The narrator reports a shift of scene: the sage Vakadr̥dṛṣi goes to meet Sārasvata, indicating an impending exchange—typically advice, mediation, or a consequential instruction—set before the assembled parties (“of them”).