Shloka 13

Ārṣṭiṣeṇa’s Siddhi and the Tīrtha-Boons; Sindhudvīpa–Devāpi Brāhmaṇya; Viśvāmitra’s Tapas Begins

Devanagari script

स पूतिना विसत्रवता वेदनार्तों महामुनि:

Transliteration

sa pūtinā visravavatā vedanārto mahāmuniḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: The great sage, tormented by pain, was afflicted with a foul, oozing discharge—an image that underscores how bodily corruption and suffering can accompany the gravest moments in the war’s aftermath, reminding the listener of the harsh, ethically sobering cost of violence.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूतिना: with/through foulness; by a stench
• पूतिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूति
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विस्रवता: oozing, flowing out
• विस्रवता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्रवत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वेदनार्तः: afflicted by pain
• वेदनार्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदनार्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mahāmuni (great sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the stark reality of suffering and bodily decay, serving as an ethical reminder that war and wrongdoing culminate in painful consequences, calling forth compassion and sobriety in judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a great sage who is in severe pain and marked by a foul, oozing condition, emphasizing the grim physical distress present in the episode’s setting.