Shloka 3

Vāraṇāvata-praveśa and Jatugṛha-saṃdeha

Entry into Vāraṇāvata and Suspicion of the Lac-House

Devanagari script

राजन्‌ सम्प्राप्तविद्यास्ते कुमारा: कुरुसत्तम | ते दर्शयेयु: स्वां शिक्षां राजन्ननुमते तव

Transliteration

rājan samprāptavidyās te kumārāḥ kurusattama | te darśayeyuḥ svāṃ śikṣāṃ rājann anumate tava ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Oh rey, oh el mejor de los Kurus, esos príncipes han alcanzado ya plenamente su aprendizaje. Con tu permiso, oh rey, desean mostrar ante ti la instrucción y la disciplina que han dominado».

Word by Word

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सम्प्राप्तविद्याः: having attained learning (fully trained)
• सम्प्राप्तविद्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्प्राप्तविद्या
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुमाराः: princes/boys
• कुमाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुरुसत्तम: O best of the Kurus
• कुरुसत्तम: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दर्शयेयुः: should show/demonstrate
• दर्शयेयुः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Causative (णिच्)

• स्वाम्: their own
• स्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शिक्षाम्: training/skill (what they have learned)
• शिक्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अनुमते: with (your) permission/approval
• अनुमते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुमति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• King (rājan)
• Kuru princes (kumārāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Learning and skill are to be presented with humility and proper protocol: even accomplished students seek the elder-king’s consent before displaying their abilities, reflecting discipline (śikṣā) as both competence and conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that the royal youths have completed their studies and now request the king’s permission to demonstrate what they have learned—setting the stage for a public display of their training.