Shloka 10

Devanagari script

इयं वारिपथे युक्ता नौरप्सु सुखगामिनी । मोचयिष्यति व: सर्वानस्माद्‌ देशान्न संशय:,“यह नौका जलमार्गके लिये उपयुक्त है। जलमें यह बड़ी सुगमतासे चलनेवाली है। यह नाव तुम सब लोगोंको इस देशसे दूर छोड़ देगी, इसमें संदेह नहीं है”

Transliteration

iyam vāripathe yuktā naur apsu sukhagāminī | mocayiṣyati vaḥ sarvān asmād deśān na saṃśayaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana dit : «Cette barque est bien faite pour voyager par la voie des eaux ; sur l’eau elle glisse avec aisance. Elle vous emportera tous loin de ce pays — il n’y a pas de doute.»

Word by Word

इयम्this (she/this one)

वारिपथेon the water-route

युक्ताfit/suited

नौःboat

अप्सुin the waters

सुखगामिनीmoving easily/pleasant-going

मोचयिष्यतिwill release/deliver

वःof you/your

सर्वान्all

अस्मात्from this

देशात्from the place/region

नnot

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

boat (nauḥ)

waterway (vāripatha)

waters (ap-)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes practical wisdom joined with reassurance: when a reliable means of passage is available, fear and uncertainty should be set aside, and one should proceed with confidence grounded in clear capability (“no doubt”).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana describes a boat prepared for water-travel and assures the group that it will safely carry them away from the present region, indicating an imminent departure or escape by river/sea route.