Shloka 25

Araṇi Lost to the Deer: Pāṇḍavas Pursue to Preserve Agnihotra (अरणी-हरण प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

सा विग्रहवतीव श्रीर्व्यवर्धत नृपात्मजा । कालेन चापि सा कन्या यौवनस्था बभूव ह,वह राजकन्या मूर्तिमती लक्ष्मीके समान बढ़ने लगी और यथासमय उसने युवावस्थामें प्रवेश किया

Transliteration

sā vigrahavatīvā śrīr vyavardhata nṛpātmajā | kālena cāpi sā kanyā yauvanasthā babhūva ha ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: The king’s daughter grew ever more in splendor, as though Fortune herself—Śrī (Lakṣmī)—had taken bodily form. In due course of time, that maiden also reached the state of youth.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विग्रहवती: embodied, having a form
• विग्रहवती: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विग्रहवत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• श्रीः: splendor, fortune (Lakshmi)
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यवर्धत: grew, increased
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नृपात्मजा: the king's daughter
• नृपात्मजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपात्मजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कालेन: in due course of time / by time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कन्या: the maiden, girl
• कन्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• यौवनस्था: standing in youth, having reached youth
• यौवनस्था: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौवनस्थ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बभूव: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (narrative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• nṛpātmajā (the princess)
• Śrī/Lakṣmī (as a comparison)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the natural, time-governed unfolding of life: prosperity and beauty may flourish, but they do so according to kāla (time), reminding the listener that maturation and change are inevitable and orderly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a princess whose radiance and auspiciousness increase as if she were embodied Śrī (Lakṣmī), and then notes that, with time, she reaches youth—setting the stage for subsequent events tied to her coming of age.