Shloka 7

Agastya–Lopāmudrā: Marriage, Austerity, and Conditions for Conjugal Union (लोमशकथितम्)

Devanagari script

जग्मु: पाण्डुसुता राजन्‌ ब्राह्मणैः सह भारत । तत्र ते न्‍्यवसन्‌ वीरास्तपश्चातस्थुरुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

jagmuḥ pāṇḍusutā rājan brāhmaṇaiḥ saha bhārata | tatra te nyavasan vīrās tapaś cātasthur uttamam ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «أيها الملك، إن أبناء باندو، مصحوبين بالبراهمة، مضَوا قُدُمًا، يا بهاراتا. وهناك أقام الإخوة الأبطال، وشرعوا كذلك في أسمى ضروب التنسّك (التَّبَس)».

Word by Word

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डुसुताः: sons of Pandu
• पाण्डुसुताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुसुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणैः: with Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न्यवसन्: dwelt, stayed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada, नि

• वीराः: heroes
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अतस्थुः: stood (engaged), remained
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada, आ

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)
• Brāhmaṇas
• King (listener addressed as rājan)
• Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic resilience: in hardship the Pāṇḍavas choose disciplined living and ‘uttama tapas’—self-restraint and spiritual effort—supported by the guidance and presence of brāhmaṇas, suggesting that ethical strength is sustained through right company and inner discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that the Pāṇḍavas travel onward with brāhmaṇas, arrive at a certain place, settle there, and begin practicing intense austerities as part of their forest-exile life.