Shloka 443

Devanagari script

उपर्युपरि वेनने सागरं मकरालयम्‌ | उड़नेवाले हंसने कौओंकी वह बात सुनकर बड़े वेगसे मकरालय समुद्रके ऊपर-ऊपर पश्चिम दिशाकी ओर उड़ना आरम्भ किया

Transliteration

uparyupari venane sāgaraṃ makarālayam | uḍanevāle haṃsane kauoṃkī vaha bāta sunakara baṛe vegase makarālaya samudrake ūpara-ūpara paścima diśākī ora uḍanā ārambha kiyā

Translation

Als der fliegende Schwan die Worte der Krähen hörte, sammelte er sogleich große Geschwindigkeit und begann westwärts zu fliegen, dicht über die Oberfläche des Ozeans hin—der Wohnstatt der Makaras—sich immer wieder darüber erhebend und vorwärtsziehend.

Word by Word

• उपरि: above, over
• उपरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• उपरि: again above (repeated: very high/over and over)
• उपरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• वेनने: in/at Venaṇa (place-name) / in the region of Venaṇa
• वेनने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेनन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सागरम्: the ocean
• सागरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मकरालयम्: the abode of makaras (i.e., the sea)
• मकरालयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मकरालय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

हंस उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Haṃsa (the swan)
• Kāka (crows)
• Sāgara (ocean/sea)
• Makara (mythic sea-creature)
• Paścima diś (western direction)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights discernment and decisive action: after hearing others’ speech, the wise do not linger in pointless contention but move swiftly toward a chosen, purposeful course.

What is happening in the narrative?

A swan, having heard what the crows said, accelerates and flies westward, repeatedly passing over the ocean described as the abode of makaras.