Shloka 47

Śukra’s Ultimatum and Devayānī’s Demand (शुक्र-प्रतिज्ञा तथा देवयानी-वर-याचना)

Devanagari script

ततो वर्षसहस्राणि ययातिरपराजित: । स्थित: स नृपशार्दूल: शार्टूल्समविक्रम:,तदनन्तर किसीसे परास्त न होनेवाले और सिंहके समान पराक्रमी नृपश्रेष्ठ ययाति एक सहस्र वर्षतक युवावस्थामें स्थित रहे

Transliteration

tato varṣasahasrāṇi yayātir aparājitaḥ | sthitaḥ sa nṛpaśārdūlaḥ śārdūlasamavikramaḥ ||

Translation

Dann blieb König Yayāti —von keinem Feind bezwungen— tausend Jahre lang in jugendlicher Kraft. Ein Tiger unter den Königen, besaß er Mut von tigerhafter Stärke und führte sein königliches Leben mit unverminderter Macht und Pracht fort.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

वर्ष-सहस्राणिthousands of years

ययातिःYayāti

अपराजितःunconquered, undefeated

स्थितःstood, remained

सःhe

नृप-शार्दूलःtiger among kings (best of kings)

शार्दूल-सम-विक्रमःhaving valor equal to a tiger

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yayāti

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 the intoxicating stability of power and youth: when vigor and victory persist, a ruler may continue worldly enjoyment without sensing decline. In Yayāti’s larger story, this sets up reflection on desire and the limits of satisfaction even across vast time.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana states that Yayāti, undefeated and tiger-like in valor, remained in a youthful condition for a thousand years, continuing his reign with sustained strength.