Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यो नो द्वेशाारमादाय श्येनराज प्रधावसि । भव त्वं दिवमास्थाय निरमित्रो हिरण्मय:,'श्येनराज! तुम मेरे शत्रुको लेकर उड़े जा रहे हो, इसलिये स्वर्गमें जानेपर तुम्हारा शरीर सोनेका हो जाय और तुम्हारे कोई शत्रु न रह जाय”

Transliteration

yo no dveṣāram ādāya śyenarāja pradhāvasi | bhava tvaṃ divam āsthāya niramitro hiraṇmayaḥ ||

Translation

„O König der Habichte! Da du davoneilst und unseren Feind fortträgst, so mögest du, wenn du den Himmel erreichst, frei von Widersachern sein, und möge dein Leib aus Gold werden.“

Word by Word

यःwho

नःof us / our

द्वेषारम्hater; enemy

आदायhaving taken

श्येनराजO king of hawks

प्रधावसिyou run/fly forth; you speed away

भवbe (may you become)

त्वम्you

दिवम्heaven

आस्थायhaving reached/ascended; having resorted to

निरमित्रःwithout enemies

हिरण्मयःgolden; made of gold

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Śyenarāja (king of hawks)

diva (heaven/sky)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid hostility, the speaker’s response is framed as a benediction: the wish is not for further harm but for the end of enmity (niramitra) and for a higher, purified state (divam āsthāya), suggesting an ethical ideal of transcending hatred rather than perpetuating it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana reports a scene where the “king of hawks” is rushing away carrying an enemy of the speaker’s side. In response, the speaker pronounces a boon-like statement: may the hawk attain heaven, become golden-bodied, and have no enemies.