Shloka 11

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Sarvadamana’s Childhood and Śakuntalā’s Claim at Court

Devanagari script

स्वकर्मनिरता विप्रा नानृतं तेषु विद्यते । स चाद्भुतमहावीर्यों वज़संहननो युवा,ब्राह्मण अपने वर्णाश्रमोचित कर्मोमें तत्पर थे। उनमें झूठ एवं छल-कपट आदिका अभाव था। राजा दुष्यन्त स्वयं भी नवयुवक थे। उनका शरीर वज्रके सदृश दृढ था। वे अदभुत एवं महान्‌ पराक्रमसे सम्पन्न थे

Transliteration

svakarmaniratā viprā nānṛtaṃ teṣu vidyate | sa cādbhuta-mahāvīryo vajrasaṃhanano yuvā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: The brāhmaṇas were devoted to their prescribed duties; among them there was no falsehood. And he—young, with a body compact and firm like a thunderbolt—was endowed with wondrous and great valor.

Word by Word

स्वकर्मनिरताःengaged in their own duties

विप्राःBrahmins

नnot

अनृतम्falsehood

तेषुin them

विद्यतेexists/is found

सःhe

चand

अद्भुतमहावीर्यःof wondrous great prowess

वज्रसंहननःhaving a body as hard as a thunderbolt

युवाa young man

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes