Shloka 24

Devanagari script

श्रुतं तत्‌ सर्वलोकेषु परमव्यसने यथा । दीपो<भूस्त्वं हि पार्थानां नगरे वारणावते

Transliteration

śrutaṃ tat sarvalokeṣu paramavyasane yathā | dīpo 'bhūs tvaṃ hi pārthānāṃ nagare vāraṇāvate ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «Aquello se oyó en todos los mundos: cómo, en la hora de la mayor desgracia, fuiste una lámpara para los Pārthas en la ciudad de Vāraṇāvata».

Word by Word

• श्रुतम्: heard, was heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सर्वलोकेषु: in all the worlds / among all people
• सर्वलोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• परमव्यसने: in the greatest calamity
• परमव्यसने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमव्यसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• दीपः: a lamp
• दीपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभूः: you were/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)

• पार्थानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pṛthā)
• पार्थानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• नगरे: in the city
• नगरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वारणावते: at Vāraṇāvata
• वारणावते: Adhikarana
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: वारणावत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)
• Vāraṇāvata

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In extreme adversity, righteous leadership and timely counsel become a ‘lamp’—a moral and practical guide that preserves life and dharma; such protective action earns enduring renown.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana recalls a well-known earlier crisis at Vāraṇāvata, praising the addressed person as the one who guided and safeguarded the Pāṇḍavas when they faced a grave danger there.