Shloka 14

Khāṇḍava-dāha: Strategic containment and Indra’s rain (Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 217)

Devanagari script

मधुरेणैव गीतेन वीणाशब्देन चैव ह । प्रबोध्यमानो बुबुधे स्तुतिभिर्मज्जलैस्तथा,तदनन्तर प्रातःकाल मधुर गीत, वीणाकी मीठी ध्वनि, स्तुति और मंगलपाठके शब्दोंद्वारा जगाये जानेपर उनकी नींद खुली

Transliteration

madhureṇaiva gītena vīṇāśabdena caiva ha | prabodhyamāno bubudhe stutibhir maṅgalais tathā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Dann, beim Anbruch des Morgens, erwachte er, als man ihn sanft durch süßen Gesang, den lieblichen Klang der Vīṇā sowie durch Lobworte und glückverheißende Rezitationen weckte.

Word by Word

मधुरेणby/with something sweet (pleasant)

एवindeed/just

गीतेनby/with (a) song

वीणा-शब्देनby/with the sound of the vīṇā

चand

एवindeed/just

हindeed (emphatic particle)

प्रबोध्यमानःbeing awakened

बुबुधेawoke / became aware

स्तुतिभिःby/with praises

मङ्गलैःby/with auspicious (recitations/words)

तथाthus/also

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

vīṇā

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 highlights a dharmic ideal of refinement: daily life—here, awakening—is accompanied by auspicious speech, praise, and music, suggesting that conduct and atmosphere should be shaped by gentleness, respect, and मंगल (well-being).

What is happening in the narrative?

At daybreak, a person is awakened not abruptly but through sweet singing, the sound of a vīṇā, and recitations of praise and auspicious benedictions, indicating a formal, cultured setting.