Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तूष्णीं बभूव नृपति: पवनस्त्वब्रवीत्‌ पुन: । शृणु राजन्नुतथ्यस्य जातस्याड्विरसे कुले

Transliteration

tūṣṇīṃ babhūva nṛpatiḥ pavanas tv abravīt punaḥ | śṛṇu rājann utathyasya jātasya āṅgirase kule ||

Translation

Der König schwieg. Da sprach der Windgott erneut: „O König, höre nun den Bericht über Utathya, der in der Linie des Aṅgiras geboren wurde.“

Word by Word

• तूष्णीम्: silently
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूष्णीम्

• बभूव: became / remained
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• नृपतिः: the king
• नृपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पवनः: Pavana (Wind-god)
• पवनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अब्रवीत्: said / spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• शृणु: listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2, singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• उतथ्यस्य: of Utathya
• Type: Noun
• Root: उतथ्य
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• जातस्य: born (of/being born)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• आङ्गिरसे: in the lineage of Aṅgiras
• आङ्गिरसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आङ्गिरस
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• कुले: in the family
• कुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• nṛpati (the king)
• Pavana/Vāyu (Wind-god)
• Utathya
• Aṅgiras (as progenitor of the lineage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined restraint and receptivity: when a ruler has no fitting reply, silence is preferable, and one should then listen attentively to dharmic instruction delivered through authoritative narration (here, Vāyu introducing the exemplary account of the sage Utathya).

What is happening in the narrative?

The king offers no response and remains silent; Vāyu resumes speaking and transitions the discourse by inviting the king to hear the story of the sage Utathya, born in the Aṅgirasa lineage, as the next illustrative episode.