Shloka 38

ययातेर्वानप्रस्थतपःस्वर्गारोहणम् | Yayāti’s Vānaprastha Austerities and Ascent to Heaven

Devanagari script

सम्पूजितश्न शुक्रेण दैत्यैश्न नृपसत्तम: । जगाम स्वपुरं हृष्टोडनुज्ञातो5थ महात्मना

Transliteration

sampūjitaś ca śukreṇa daityaiś ca nṛpasattamaḥ | jagāma svapuraṃ hṛṣṭo 'nujñāto 'tha mahātmanā ||

Translation

Honoré par Śukra et par les Daityas, Yayāti, le meilleur des rois, ayant reçu la permission de ce précepteur magnanime, partit joyeusement vers sa propre cité.

Word by Word

• सम्पूजितः: honoured, duly worshipped
• सम्पूजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूजित (सम्+पूज्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुक्रेण: by Śukra (Śukrācārya)
• शुक्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• दैत्यैः: by the Daityas (demons)
• दैत्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नृपसत्तमः: the best of kings
• नृपसत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्वपुरम्: to his own city
• स्वपुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वपुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (हृष्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुज्ञातः: having been permitted / with permission granted
• अनुज्ञातः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुज्ञात (अनु+ज्ञा, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śukra (Śukrācārya)
• Daityas
• Yayāti
• svapura (his capital/city)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate action is marked by proper honour and formal permission: a king should move forward with the sanction of elders/teachers and with social recognition, not by coercion. The verse highlights decorum (maryādā) and the ethical weight of an authorized departure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that King Yayāti, having been honoured by Śukra and the Daityas and having obtained the preceptor’s leave, sets out happily for his own capital—signaling the close of his stay among the Daityas and a return to royal duties.