Shloka 41

Devanagari script

दशमं पारणं प्राप्य द्विजातीनभिवन्द्य च । किंकिणीजालनिर्घोषं पताकाध्वजशोभितम्‌

Transliteration

daśamaṃ pāraṇaṃ prāpya dvijātīn abhivandya ca | kiṃkiṇījālanirghoṣaṃ patākādhvajaśobhitam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Nachdem sie die zehnte Überquerung erreicht und den Dvija, den „Zweimalgeborenen“, ehrerbietig gehuldigt hatten, gelangten sie an einen Ort, der vom Klingen dichter Glöckchenreihen widerhallte, geschmückt mit Bannern und Standarten.

Word by Word

• दशमम्: tenth
• दशमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पारणम्: crossing; passage (stage of the journey)
• पारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having reached/attained
• प्राप्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• द्विजातीन्: the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• द्विजातीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अभिवन्द्य: having saluted
• अभिवन्द्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वन्द्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• किंकिणीजालनिर्घोषम्: the sound/clang of a net of small bells
• किंकिणीजालनिर्घोषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंकिणी-जाल-निर्घोष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पताकाध्वजशोभितम्: adorned with banners and flags
• पताकाध्वजशोभितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पताका-ध्वज-शोभित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• dvijāti (twice-born, especially Brahmins)
• kiṃkiṇī-jāla (clusters of bells)
• patākā (banners)
• dhvaja (standards)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharmic conduct through respectful salutation to the dvijas (learned, ritually authoritative elders). It implies that progress on a sacred journey is accompanied by humility, proper honoring of spiritual authority, and attentiveness to auspicious order and symbolism.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes the travelers reaching a tenth ‘crossing/stage’ and offering respects to the twice-born. The setting they encounter is marked by the sound of many bells and is visually distinguished by banners and standards, suggesting a significant, ceremonially prepared locale or threshold.