Shloka 10

Devanagari script

केशिन्युवाच इहैवावां प्रतीक्षाव उपस्थाने विरोचन । सुधन्वा प्रातरागन्ता पश्येयं वां समागतौ,केशिनी बोली--विरोचन! इसी जगह हम दोनों प्रतीक्षा करें; कल प्रातः:काल सुधन्वा यहाँ आवेगा। फिर मैं तुम दोनोंको एकत्र उपस्थित देखूँगी

Transliteration

keśiny uvāca | ihaivāvāṃ pratīkṣāva upasthāne virocana | sudhanvā prātar āgantā paśyeyaṃ vāṃ samāgatau ||

Translation

Keśinī said: “Virocana, let us wait here, at this very place of meeting. Sudhanvā will come in the morning; then I shall see you both present together.”

Word by Word

केशिनीKeshinī (the speaker)

उवाचsaid

इहhere

एवindeed/just

आवाम्we two

प्रतीक्षावwaiting (as an act)

उपस्थानेin/at the place of attendance (meeting-place)

विरोचनO Virocana

सुधन्वाSudhanvā

प्रातःin the morning

आगन्ताwill come / is to come (one who will come)

पश्येयम्may I see

वाम्you two

समागतौhaving come together / assembled

Speaker

विरोचन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Keśinī

Virocana

Sudhanvā

upasthāna (meeting place)

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 underscores ethical clarity in relationships: decisions and claims should be verified openly and at the proper time, avoiding secrecy or haste. Waiting for Sudhanvā’s arrival frames a fair, witnessable resolution.

What is happening in the narrative?

Keśinī instructs Virocana to remain at the agreed meeting place with her. She says Sudhanvā will arrive in the morning, and she will then see both men together—setting up a direct encounter or adjudication.