Shloka 17

युद्धसंग्रहः

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Devanagari script

विवेश च प्रह्ृष्टात्मा चिरकालप्रवासत:

Transliteration

viveśa ca prahṛṣṭātmā cirakālapravāsataḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Il entra, le cœur empli de joie, après être demeuré longtemps loin de sa demeure—une arrivée qui annonce l’allégement des peines et le rétablissement de l’ordre légitime après une longue séparation.

Word by Word

• विवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रहृष्टात्मा: one whose heart/soul was delighted
• प्रहृष्टात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्टात्मन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चिरकालप्रवासतः: from a long period of exile/sojourn
• चिरकालप्रवासतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिरकालप्रवास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and emotional significance of returning after prolonged absence: endurance through hardship culminates in restoration and renewed stability, a motif often aligned with dharma’s re-establishment after disruption.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator, Vaiśampāyana, describes a person entering a place joyfully after a long period of living away—marking a homecoming or return to one’s rightful setting following extended separation.