Shloka 9

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 25: Kaurava Deliberation and the Search Directive (अन्वेषण-आदेशः)

Devanagari script

चरा ऊचु. कृतो<स्माभि: परो यत्नस्तेषामन्वेषणे सदा | पाण्डवानां मनुष्येन्द्र तस्मिन्‌ महति कानने

Transliteration

carā ūcuḥ | kṛto 'smābhiḥ paro yatnas teṣām anveṣaṇe sadā | pāṇḍavānāṁ manuṣyendra tasmin mahati kānane ||

Translation

Die Späher sprachen: „O Bester der Menschen, unablässig haben wir unsere äußerste Anstrengung darauf verwandt, jene Pāṇḍavas in jenem weiten, großen Wald zu suchen.“

Word by Word

• चराः: spies
• चराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऊचुः: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural

• कृतः: done; made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Instrumental, Plural

• परः: great; utmost
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्नः: effort
• यत्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अन्वेषणे: in searching; in the search
• अन्वेषणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वेषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pandavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मनुष्येन्द्र: O king (best of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्येन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महति: great; vast
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कानने: in the forest
• कानने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• carāḥ (scouts/spies)
• Pāṇḍavāḥ
• mahān kānana (great forest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights sustained diligence in duty: agents of a kingdom must apply continuous, maximum effort in carrying out assigned tasks (here, searching), reflecting disciplined statecraft and perseverance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Scouts report to a king addressed as “manuṣyendra” that they have been constantly and earnestly searching for the Pāṇḍavas in a vast forest, indicating an ongoing attempt to locate the exiled heroes.