Shloka 27

Devanagari script

उपेत्य चाश्रमं वीरा: सर्व एव गतकक्‍्लमा: । आरणेयं ददुस्तस्मै ब्राह्णाय तपस्विने

Transliteration

upetya cāśramaṃ vīrāḥ sarva eva gataklamāḥ | āraṇeyaṃ dadus tasmai brāhmaṇāya tapasvine ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Les héros, parvenus à l’ermitage, tous désormais délivrés de la fatigue, offrirent Āraṇeya à ce brāhmane ascète, l’honorant d’un présent convenable, selon le dharma dû à un homme de tapas.

Word by Word

• उपेत्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ (धातु: इ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), कर्तरि

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

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीराः: heroes
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• गतक्लमाः: whose fatigue was gone (rested)
• गतक्लमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतक्लम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आरणेयम्: Āraṇeya (a proper name)
• आरणेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरणेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ददुः: they gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणाय: to the brahmin
• ब्राह्मणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तपस्विने: to the ascetic
• तपस्विने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• vīrāḥ (the heroes)
• āśrama (hermitage)
• brāhmaṇa tapasvin (ascetic brāhmaṇa)
• āraṇeya (forest-gift/tribute)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma through respectful conduct toward ascetics: after arriving safely and regaining strength, the heroes honor a tapasvin brāhmaṇa with an appropriate offering, reflecting gratitude, humility, and the ethical duty of dāna.

What is happening in the narrative?

The heroes reach a hermitage, recover from their exertion, and then present a forest-appropriate gift (āraṇeya) to an ascetic brāhmaṇa, marking a courteous and dharmic interaction within the forest setting of the Vana Parva.