Shloka 6

धृष्टद्युम्नेन समागतक्षत्रियगणगणना

Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Enumeration of Assembled Kṣatriyas

Devanagari script

उत्ततार ततः पाशैरविमुक्त: स महानृषि: । विपाशेति च नामास्या नद्याक्षक्रे महानृषि:,तब पाशमुक्त हो महर्षि जलसे निकल आये और उन्होंने उस नदीका नाम “विपाशा' (व्यास) रख दिया

Transliteration

uttatāra tataḥ pāśair avimuktaḥ sa mahānṛṣiḥ | vipāśeti ca nāmāsyā nadyāś cakre mahānṛṣiḥ ||

Translation

Dann stieg der große Weise, von den Schlingen befreit, aus dem Wasser empor. Zum Andenken an die Lösung der Fesseln gab der große Seher jenem Fluss den Namen „Vipāśā“ — „die Ungefesselte“ — damit schon sein Name die sittliche Bedeutung der Befreiung von Bindung und der Wiederherstellung rechtmäßiger Freiheit bewahre.

Word by Word

उत्ततारcrossed over / came out

ततःthen; from there

पाशैःby/with bonds, nooses

अविमुक्तःnot released; bound

सःhe

महानृषिःthe great sage

विपाशाVipāśā (name of the river)

इतिthus; as

चand

नामname

अस्याःof her/of this (river)

नदीम्the river

अचक्रेmade; gave (a name)

महानृषिःthe great sage

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

म

महानृषि (a great sage/seer)

प

पाश (nooses/bonds)

व

विपाशा नदी (Vipāśā River)

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 links a place-name to an ethical memory: freedom from binding constraints (pāśa) is commemorated so that future hearers remember the value of release, restraint rightly applied, and the restoration of rightful agency.

What is happening in the narrative?

A great sage emerges after being freed from nooses/bonds, and he names the river Vipāśā (‘Unfettered’) to mark the event and preserve its significance in the landscape.