Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तेषामन्योन्यसम्मर्दादूष्मेपत समजायत । दिदृक्षूणां हयं तं च तं चैव हयसारिणम्‌,यज्ञके घोड़े और उसके पीछे जानेवाले अर्जुनको देखनेकी इच्छासे लोगोंकी इतनी भीड़ इकट्टी हो गयी थी कि आपसकी धक्का-मुक्कीसे सबके बदनमें पसीने निकल आये

Transliteration

teṣām anyonya-sammardād ūṣmepata samajāyata | didṛkṣūṇāṁ hayaṁ taṁ ca taṁ caiva haya-sāriṇam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Because of the mutual jostling among them, sweat broke out on their bodies. So great was the crowd of people, eager to see that sacrificial horse and also the rider who followed it.

Word by Word

तेषाम्of them

अन्योन्यसम्मर्दात्from mutual jostling/pressing

ऊष्मेin heat (i.e., in the state of heat)

अपतत्fell/occurred (came forth)

समजायतarose/was produced

दिदृक्षूणाम्of those wishing to see

हयम्the horse

तम्that (one)

चand

तम्that (one)

चand

एवindeed/just

हयसारिणम्the horse-following rider (Arjuna)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Aśvamedha horse (yajña-haya)

Arjuna (implied as haya-sārin)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the magnetic public force of royal ritual: the Aśvamedha is not merely a private sacrifice but a social event that gathers people in overwhelming numbers, reflecting how kingship and dharma are publicly witnessed and affirmed.

What is happening in the narrative?

People crowd together to see the sacrificial horse and the one accompanying it; the press of bodies becomes so intense that perspiration breaks out from the jostling.