Shloka 14

Khāṇḍava-dāha: Strategic containment and Indra’s rain (Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 217)

Devanagari script

मधुरेणैव गीतेन वीणाशब्देन चैव ह । प्रबोध्यमानो बुबुधे स्तुतिभिर्मज्जलैस्तथा,तदनन्तर प्रातःकाल मधुर गीत, वीणाकी मीठी ध्वनि, स्तुति और मंगलपाठके शब्दोंद्वारा जगाये जानेपर उनकी नींद खुली

Transliteration

madhureṇaiva gītena vīṇāśabdena caiva ha | prabodhyamāno bubudhe stutibhir maṅgalais tathā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Puis, à l’aube, il s’éveilla, doucement tiré du sommeil par un chant suave, par le son agréable de la vīṇā, et par des paroles de louange ainsi que des récitations de bon augure.

Word by Word

मधुरेणby/with something sweet (pleasant)

एवindeed/just

गीतेनby/with (a) song

वीणा-शब्देनby/with the sound of the vīṇā

चand

एवindeed/just

हindeed (emphatic particle)

प्रबोध्यमानःbeing awakened

बुबुधेawoke / became aware

स्तुतिभिःby/with praises

मङ्गलैःby/with auspicious (recitations/words)

तथाthus/also

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

vīṇā

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?

The verse highlights a dharmic ideal of refinement: daily life—here, awakening—is accompanied by auspicious speech, praise, and music, suggesting that conduct and atmosphere should be shaped by gentleness, respect, and मंगल (well-being).

What is happening in the narrative?

At daybreak, a person is awakened not abruptly but through sweet singing, the sound of a vīṇā, and recitations of praise and auspicious benedictions, indicating a formal, cultured setting.