Shloka 19

Devanagari script

निक्षिप्य राजपुत्री तु तन्द्री मानं तथैव च | आतस्थे परम यत्नं ब्राह्मणस्याभिराधने,राजकुमारी कुन्ती आलस्य और अभिमानको दूर भगाकर ब्राह्मणकी आराधनामें बड़े यत्नसे संलग्न हो गयी

Transliteration

nikṣipya rājaputrī tu tandrī-mānaṃ tathaiva ca | ātasthē parama-yatnaṃ brāhmaṇasyābhirādhane ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Having cast aside her drowsiness and her pride, the princess set herself with the utmost effort to the respectful service and propitiation of the brāhmaṇa. Ethically, the verse highlights self-discipline and humility as prerequisites for rightly approaching sacred power and spiritual authority.

Word by Word

• निक्षिप्य: having cast away
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-क्षिप्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), कर्तरि, absolutive (gerund)

• राजपुत्री: the king’s daughter (princess)
• राजपुत्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुत्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तन्द्रीम्: drowsiness/sloth
• तन्द्रीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्द्रा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मानम्: pride/vanity
• मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

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

• आतस्थे: she undertook/engaged in
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: लिट् (perfect), आत्मनेपद, Third, Singular

• परम्: supreme/great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of the Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अभिराधने: in propitiation/service
• अभिराधने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिराधन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• rājaputrī (Kuntī, implied by context)
• brāhmaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should abandon laziness and pride and approach spiritual authority with humility and sustained effort; inner discipline is presented as the ethical foundation for any sacred undertaking.

What is happening in the narrative?

The princess (contextually Kuntī) overcomes her lethargy and arrogance and earnestly engages in pleasing and serving a brāhmaṇa, indicating a deliberate turn toward disciplined, respectful conduct.