Shloka 11

Devanagari script

जग्राह च मुनिश्रेष्ठ: कृपाविष्ट: पुपोष च । ववृधे सा वरारोहा तस्याश्रमपदे शुभे,तदनन्तर तेजस्वी महर्षि स्थूलकेशने एकान्त स्थानमें त्यागी हुई उस बन्धुहीन कन्याको देखा, जो देवताओंकी बालिकाके समान दिव्य शोभासे प्रकाशित हो रही थी। उस समय उस कन्याको वैसी दशामें देखकर द्विजश्रेष्ठ मुनिवर स्थूलकेशके मनमें बड़ी दया आयी; अतः वे उसे उठा लाये और उसका पालन-पोषण करने लगे। वह सुन्दरी कन्या उनके शुभ आश्रमपर दिनोदिन बढ़ने लगी

Transliteration

śaunaka uvāca | jagrāha ca muniśreṣṭhaḥ kṛpāviṣṭaḥ pupoṣa ca | vavṛdhe sā varārohā tasyāśramapade śubhe ||

Translation

Śaunaka said: Moved by compassion, the foremost of sages took the abandoned maiden into his care and nourished her. In that auspicious hermitage, the graceful girl grew day by day.

Word by Word

जग्राहtook, seized

चand

मुनि-श्रेष्ठःthe best of sages

कृपा-आविष्टःovercome/filled with compassion

पुपोषnourished, brought up

चand

ववृधेgrew, increased

साshe

वर-आरोहाa lovely woman (lit. of excellent ascent/figure)

तस्यof him

आश्रम-पदेin the hermitage-place

शुभेauspicious

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śaunaka

muniśreṣṭha (a foremost sage)

āśrama (hermitage)

varārohā (the maiden)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is shown as active compassion: the righteous do not ignore vulnerability. Even an ascetic’s life includes the moral duty to protect, nurture, and provide refuge to one who is abandoned and without support.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka narrates that a foremost sage, moved by pity, takes an abandoned maiden into his hermitage, raises her, and she grows up there in auspicious surroundings.