Shloka 30

Adhyāya 125: Raṅga-pradarśana — Arjuna’s Entry and Astric Demonstration (रङ्गप्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

दारकेष्वप्रमत्ता च भवेथाशक्ष हिता मम । अतोजन्यन्न प्रपश्यामि संदेष्टव्यं हि किंचन,“मेरे पुत्रोंका हित चाहती हुई सावधान रहकर उनका पालन-पोषण करें। इसके सिवा दूसरी कोई बात मुझे आपसे कहनेयोग्य नहीं जान पड़ती”

Transliteration

dārakeṣv apramattā ca bhavethāśakṣa hitā mama | ato 'nyan na prapaśyāmi sandeṣṭavyaṃ hi kiṃcana ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Be vigilant in regard to the children, and, seeking their welfare, raise and protect them with care. Beyond this, I see nothing else that needs to be conveyed to you.”

Word by Word

दारकेषुamong/with respect to the children

अप्रमत्ताcareful, vigilant

चand

भवेथाःyou should be

शश्वत्always, continually

हिताwell-wishing, beneficial (to)

ममof me, my

अतःtherefore; besides this

अन्यत्anything else

नnot

प्रपश्यामिI see, I find

संदेष्टव्यम्to be instructed/communicated

हिindeed, for

किम्what?

चनeven (at all) (with negation: any)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

children (dārakāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharma in the form of vigilant guardianship: one should remain attentive and act with the children’s welfare as the guiding motive, treating their upbringing and protection as a primary moral responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, conveys a concluding instruction: the addressee is urged to be careful and well-intentioned toward the children, and the speaker indicates that no further counsel remains to be delivered beyond this essential charge.