Shloka 32

बक-राक्षसस्य आह्वानम् तथा वृक्षयुद्धम्

Summons of Baka and the Tree-Weapon Engagement

Devanagari script

ज्ञातयो यस्य नैव स्युर्विषमा: कुलपांसना: । स जीवेत सुखं लोके ग्रामद्रुम इवैकज:,“जिसके कुट॒म्बी पक्षपातयुक्त और कुलको कलंक लगानेवाले नहीं होते, वह पुरुष गाँवके अकेले वृक्षकी भाँति संसारमें सुखपूर्वक जीवन धारण करता है

Transliteration

jñātayo yasya naiva syur viṣamāḥ kulapāṃsanāḥ | sa jīvet sukhaṃ loke grāmadruma ivaikajaḥ ||

Translation

Celui dont les proches ne sont ni partiaux ni injustes, et ne sont pas une honte qui souille le nom de la lignée, vit heureux dans le monde, tel un arbre solitaire dressé dans un village.

Word by Word

ज्ञातयःkinsmen, relatives

यस्यof whom, whose

नnot

एवindeed, at all

स्युःwould be / should be

विषमाःpartial, unfair, biased

कुलपांसनाःdefilers of the family (family-disgracers)

सःhe

जीवेत्would live

सुखम्happily, with ease (lit. happiness)

लोकेin the world

ग्रामद्रुमःa village-tree

इवlike, as

एकजःsolitary, standing alone

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana (speaker)

jñātayaḥ (kinsmen/relatives)

kula (family/lineage)

grāma-druma (village tree)

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?

A person’s well-being is strongly shaped by the moral quality of their relatives: when one’s kin are not partial, unjust, or a source of disgrace to the lineage, one can live peacefully and happily—stable and respected like a lone village tree.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a reflective, didactic statement within the Adi Parva, using a simile (the solitary village tree) to emphasize how the conduct of one’s family and kin affects one’s security, reputation, and ease of life.