Shloka 17

खाण्डवदाहोत्तर-वरप्रदानम्

Boons after the Khāṇḍava Burning

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच तच्छुत्वा वृत्रहा तेभ्यः स्वयमेवान्ववेक्ष्य च । खाण्डवस्य विमोक्षार्थ प्रयया हरिवाहन:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं-जनमेजय! देवताओंसे यह सुनकर वृत्रासुरका नाश करनेवाले इन्द्र स्वयं वह घटना देखकर खाण्डववनको आगके भयसे छुड़ानेके लिये चले

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca tac chrutvā vṛtrahā tebhyaḥ svayam evānvavekṣya ca | khāṇḍavasya vimokṣārthaṃ prayayau harivāhanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Hearing this from them, Indra—the slayer of Vṛtra—went forth, and, having himself looked into the matter, set out to free the Khāṇḍava forest from the peril of fire. Thus the lord who rides the tawny steeds moved to intervene, acting as a protector in response to what he had learned and verified.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

तत्that (news/thing)

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

वृत्रहाVṛtra-slayer (Indra)

तेभ्यःfrom them

स्वयम्himself

एवindeed/just

अन्ववेक्ष्यhaving observed/seen (personally)

चand

खाण्डवस्यof Khāṇḍava (forest)

विमोक्षार्थम्for the purpose of release/deliverance

प्रययौwent forth/departed

हरिवाहनःhe whose vehicle is the (bay) horses (Indra)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Indra (Vṛtrahā, Harivāhana)

Khāṇḍava forest

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes