Shloka 18

Kuvalāśva’s Lineage and Uttaṅka’s Petition concerning Dhundhu (धुन्धु-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

वनमिदमुदारकं साध्वत्र रम्पतामिति,“महाराज! यह वन बहुत सुन्दर है, आप इसमें भलीभाँति विहार करें”

Transliteration

vanam idam udārakaṃ sādhu atra ram patām iti |

Translation

«أيها الملك العظيم، إن هذا الغاب بديع حقّاً. فأقم هنا وتمتّع فيه بما يليق.»

Word by Word

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उदारकम्: excellent, splendid
• उदारकम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदारक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• साधु: well, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु

• अत्र: here, in this place
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• रम्पताम्: let (them/you all) sport/roam about
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्प्
• Form: Lot (Imperative/benedictive sense), Parasmaipada, Third, Plural

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahārāja (the king addressed)
• forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even leisure is framed by propriety: the forest is praised as a suitable setting for rest and recreation, implying enjoyment that remains within the bounds of dharma and self-control.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports an address to a king, commending the beauty of the forest and inviting him to remain there and enjoy it—signaling a transition into a forest setting and its events.