Shloka 19
Devanagari script
नैमिषे काउ्चनाक्षी तु मुनीनां सत्रयाजिनाम्
Transliteration
naimiṣe kāñcanākṣī tu munīnāṃ satrayājinām
Translation
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—নৈমিষত সত্রযজ্ঞত নিয়োজিত মুনিসকলৰ মাজত কাঁচনাক্ষী উপস্থিত আছিল; সংযম আৰু ধৰ্মস্মৃতি য’ত স্থিৰ থাকে, সেই পবিত্ৰ দীঘল বৈদিক অনুষ্ঠানৰ মধ্যভাগত তেওঁ অৱস্থান কৰিলে।
Word by Word
नैमिषेin Naimiṣa (forest/sacred place)
नैमिषे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनैमिष (नैमिषम्)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
काचित्some (a certain)
काचित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
चनाक्षीChanākṣī (a woman named Chanākṣī)
चनाक्षी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचनाक्षी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
मुनीनाम्of sages
मुनीनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
सत्रयाजिनाम्of (those) performing a satra-sacrifice
सत्रयाजिनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसत्रयाजिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaN
Naimiṣa (Naimiṣāraṇya)K
KāñcanākṣīM
Munis (sages)S
Satra (sacrificial session)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
The verse foregrounds the authority of dharma-discourse as preserved and transmitted in sanctified settings: the satra of sages at Naimiṣa symbolizes disciplined listening, collective memory, and ethical reflection grounded in Vedic ritual order.
Vaiśampāyana locates the account at Naimiṣa, among sages conducting a long sacrificial session, and introduces/mentions Kāñcanākṣī in that assembly—marking the ritual frame within which the story is being recounted.