Mahabharata 7.84.7 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 84, Shloka 7

अलम्बुस-वधः

The Neutralization of Alambusa

Devanagari script

प्रतिबुद्ध: सुखं सुप्तो महाहें शयनोत्तमे । उत्थायावश्यकार्यार्थ ययौ स्नानगृहं नृूप:,बहुमूल्य एवं उत्तम शय्यापर सुखपूर्वक सोकर जगे हुए राजा युधिष्ठिर वहाँसे उठकर आवश्यक कार्यके लिये स्नान करने गये

Transliteration

pratibuddhaḥ sukhaṃ supto mahārhe śayanottame | utthāyāvaśyakāryārthaṃ yayau snānagṛhaṃ nṛpaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Réveillé après avoir dormi à l’aise sur une couche excellente et précieuse, le roi se leva et, pour accomplir les devoirs nécessaires, se rendit à la salle des bains.

Word by Word

• प्रतिबुद्धः: awakened
• प्रतिबुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिबुद्ध (प्रति+√बुध्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुखम्: comfortably, pleasantly
• सुखम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुख

• सुप्तः: having slept
• सुप्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्त (√स्वप्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाहे: O!/indeed (uncertain; likely textual corruption)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महाह (interjection/particle; uncertain reading)

• शयनोत्तमे: on the best bed
• शयनोत्तमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयनोत्तम (शयन+उत्तम)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उत्थाय: having risen
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्थाय (उत्+√स्था, ल्यप्)

• अवश्यक: necessary
• अवश्यक: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवश्यक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्यार्थम्: for the purpose of (his) task
• कार्यार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्यर्थ (कार्य+अर्थ)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ययौ: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• स्नानगृहम्: to the bath-house
• स्नानगृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नानगृह (स्नान+गृह)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the king (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied by context)
• excellent bed (śayanottama)
• bath-house (snānagṛha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in extraordinary circumstances, one should maintain discipline and attend to obligatory duties; comfort and status are not grounds for negligence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that the king, after a restful sleep on a fine bed, wakes up, rises, and goes to the bathing chamber to perform necessary morning tasks.