Shloka 38
Devanagari script
एष प्रसाद्य शिरसा प्रशमार्थमरिंदम
Transliteration
eṣa prasādya śirasā praśamārtham ariṃdama
Translation
Mit ehrfürchtig gesenktem Haupt suchte er seine Gunst zu gewinnen, um Frieden zu stiften — o Bezwinger der Feinde — damit der Zorn erlösche und die Eintracht wiederhergestellt werde.
Word by Word
एषःthis (man/person)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रसाद्यhaving pleased/propitiated
प्रसाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√सद् (धातु)
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having pleased / having propitiated
शिरसाwith (his) head; by bowing the head
शिरसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
प्रशम-अर्थम्for pacification/appeasement (as the purpose)
प्रशम-अर्थम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रशम (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अरिंदमfoe-subduer (vocative/epithet used as address; form here accusative)
अरिंदम:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअरिंदम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
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Vaiśampāyana (speaker)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an ethical method of resolving conflict: humility (bowing the head) and respectful appeasement are presented as means to achieve praśama—calming hostility and restoring order.
Vaiśampāyana describes someone approaching another with deference, bowing his head to propitiate him, specifically to bring about pacification and end agitation or anger in the situation.