Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तदादाय गतो राजंस्त्वरमाणो महामृगः । आश्रमान्तरित: शीघ्रं प्लवमानो महाजव:,राजन! उन काष्ठोंको लेकर वह महामृग बड़ी उतावलीसे भागा और बड़े वेगसे चौकड़ी भरता हुआ शीघ्र ही आश्रमसे ओझल हो गया

Transliteration

tad ādāya gato rājan stvaramāṇo mahāmṛgaḥ | āśramāntaritaḥ śīghraṃ plavamāno mahājavaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, having seized those pieces of wood, the great deer hurried away. Bounding swiftly with tremendous speed, it quickly vanished from sight beyond the hermitage.”

Word by Word

तत्that (it)

आदायhaving taken

गतःgone

राजन्O king

त्वरमाणःhastening

महामृगःthe great deer/animal

आश्रम-अन्तरितःhidden/obscured by the hermitage (i.e., out of sight behind it)

शीघ्रम्quickly

प्लवमानःleaping/bounding

महाजवःof great speed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

rājan (the King, i.e., Janamejaya as listener)

mahāmṛga (great deer)

kāṣṭha (pieces of wood)

āśrama (hermitage)

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?

The verse underscores the unpredictability of events in the forest-ascetic world: what is taken for granted can vanish in an instant. It also hints at the need for vigilance and discernment, since swift, deceptive movements (often linked in this parva to tests or illusions) can disrupt settled life.

What is happening in the narrative?

A great deer, after taking the pieces of wood, rushes away in haste. With powerful, bounding leaps it quickly goes out of sight, disappearing beyond the hermitage.