Shloka 27

Devanagari script

उपेत्य चाश्रमं वीरा: सर्व एव गतकक्‍्लमा: । आरणेयं ददुस्तस्मै ब्राह्णाय तपस्विने

Transliteration

upetya cāśramaṃ vīrāḥ sarva eva gataklamāḥ | āraṇeyaṃ dadus tasmai brāhmaṇāya tapasvine ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Die Helden erreichten die Einsiedelei, nun alle frei von Ermattung. Sie übergaben Āraṇeya jenem asketischen Brāhmaṇa und ehrten ihn mit einer angemessenen Gabe, wie es dem Dharma gegenüber einem Mann des Tapas entspricht.

Word by Word

उपेत्यhaving approached

चand

आश्रमम्hermitage

वीराःheroes

सर्वेall

एवindeed/just

गतक्लमाःwhose fatigue was gone (rested)

आरणेयम्Āraṇeya (a proper name)

ददुःthey gave

तस्मैto him

ब्राह्मणायto the brahmin

तपस्विनेto the ascetic

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

vīrāḥ (the heroes)

āśrama (hermitage)

brāhmaṇa tapasvin (ascetic brāhmaṇa)

āraṇeya (forest-gift/tribute)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 dharma through respectful conduct toward ascetics: after arriving safely and regaining strength, the heroes honor a tapasvin brāhmaṇa with an appropriate offering, reflecting gratitude, humility, and the ethical duty of dāna.

What is happening in the narrative?

The heroes reach a hermitage, recover from their exertion, and then present a forest-appropriate gift (āraṇeya) to an ascetic brāhmaṇa, marking a courteous and dharmic interaction within the forest setting of the Vana Parva.