Shloka 9

Āraṇyaka-parva Adhyāya 44 — Arjuna’s Entry into Nandana and Audience with Indra

Devanagari script

गीतवादित्रनृत्यानि भूय एवादिदेश ह । तथापि नालभच्छर्म तपस्वी द्यूतकारितम्‌,चित्रसेनने उन्हें गीत, वाद्य और नृत्यकी बार-बार शिक्षा दी तो भी द्यूतजनित अपमानका स्मरण करके तपस्वी अर्जुनको तनिक भी शान्ति नहीं मिली

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

gītavāditranṛtyāni bhūya evādi deśa ha |

tathāpi nālabhaccharma tapasvī dyūtakāritam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Chitrasena repeatedly instructed him again and again in singing, instrumental music, and dance; yet the ascetic Arjuna found no peace at all, for the humiliation brought about by the dice-game still burned in his memory.

Word by Word

गीतsongs/singing

वादित्रmusical instruments/playing

नृत्यानिdances/dancing

भूयःagain, repeatedly

एवindeed, just

आदिदेशordered, instructed

हindeed (particle)

तथाeven so, nevertheless

अपिalso, even

नnot

अलभत्obtained, found

शर्मcomfort, peace

तपस्वीthe ascetic (Arjuna)

द्यूतby gambling

कारितम्caused/done (i.e., brought about)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Chitrasena

dice-game (dyūta)

singing (gīta)

instrumental music (vāditra)

dance (nṛtya)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes