Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तु शीलवृत्तेन तुतोष द्विजसत्तम: । अवधानेन भूयो<स्या: परं यत्नमथाकरोत्‌,उसके शील, सदाचार तथा सावधानीसे उन द्विजश्रेष्ठको बड़ा संतोष हुआ। उन्होंने कुन्तीका हित करनेका पूरा प्रयत्न किया

Transliteration

tasyāstu śīlavṛttena tutoṣa dvijasattamaḥ | avadhānena bhūyo ’syāḥ paraṁ yatnam athākarot |

Translation

Al contemplar su buen carácter y su conducta, el más excelso de los nacidos dos veces quedó sumamente complacido. Y, al ver su diligencia, se esforzó aún más, poniendo todo su empeño en procurar su bienestar.

Word by Word

तस्याःof her

तुbut/indeed

शीलवृत्तेनby (her) character and conduct

तुतोषwas pleased/satisfied

द्विजसत्तमःthe best of the twice-born (brahmin)

अवधानेनby attentiveness/carefulness

भूयःmore/further

अस्याःof her

परम्highest/utmost

यत्नम्effort

अथthen/thereupon

अकरोत्did/made

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

dvijasattama (an eminent Brahmin)

a woman referred to as 'tasyāḥ/asyāḥ' (contextually identified in the Hindi gloss as Kuntī)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Exemplary character (śīla) and disciplined conduct (vṛtta), joined with attentiveness (avadhāna), inspire trust and prompt the virtuous—especially the learned—to take greater responsibility and exert themselves for another’s welfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that an eminent Brahmin, pleased by the woman’s virtuous behavior and carefulness, increases his efforts and undertakes the fullest measures to secure her well-being (understood in the received gloss as acting for Kuntī’s benefit).