Shloka 10

Devanagari script

हृष्टानां सिंहनादेन जनानां तत्र नि:स्वन: | प्रविश्य प्रदिश: सर्वा: पुनरेव व्युपारमत्‌,पहले पुत्र-जन्मका समाचार सुनकर हर्षमें भरे हुए लोगोंके सिंहनादसे एक महान्‌ कोलाहल सुनायी पड़ा, जो सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें प्रविष्ट हो पुनः: शान्त हो गया

Transliteration

hṛṣṭānāṃ siṃhanādena janānāṃ tatra niḥsvanaḥ | praviśya pradiśaḥ sarvāḥ punar eva vyupāramat ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: From the lion-like shouts of the people, filled with joy there, a great uproar arose. It spread into all directions and then, once again, subsided into calm.

Word by Word

हृष्टानाम्of the delighted (people)

सिंहनादेनby the lion-roar (shout)

जनानाम्of the people

तत्रthere

निःस्वनःa loud sound, din

प्रविश्यhaving entered/pervaded

प्रदिशःthe directions (quarters)

सर्वाःall

पुनःagain

एवindeed, just

व्युपारमत्ceased, became quiet

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

the people (janāḥ)

all directions (pradiśaḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the power of collective joy and its proper containment: celebration can surge and fill the world, yet it should naturally settle back into calm, reflecting social balance and self-restraint even in happiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

On hearing auspicious news (contextually, the report of a son's birth), the gathered people roar in triumph; the resulting clamor spreads through all quarters and then gradually quiets down.