Shloka 1

Devanagari script

#:73..8 #::3-...7 () हि 2 7 - शुश्रूषा, श्रवण, ग्रहण, धारण, ऊह, अपोह, अर्थविज्ञान तथा तत्त्वविज्ञान--ये बुद्धिके आठ गुण हैं। षट्चत्वारिशो5 ध्याय: उर्वशीका कामपीड़ित होकर अर्जुनके पास जाना और उनके अस्वीकार करनेपर उन्हें शाप देकर लौट आना वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो विसृज्य गन्धर्व कृतकृत्यं शुचिस्मिता । उर्वशी चाकरोत्‌ स्नान पार्थदर्शनलालसा,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर कृतकृत्य हुए गन्धर्वराज चित्रसेनको विदा करके पवित्र मुसकानवाली उर्वशीने अर्जुनसे मिलनेके लिये उत्सुक हो स्नान किया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | tato visṛjya gandharvarājaṃ kṛtakṛtyaṃ śucismitā | urvaśī cākaro(t) snānaṃ pārthadarśanalālasā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then, having respectfully dismissed the Gandharva king—his purpose accomplished—Urvaśī, whose smile was pure and radiant, bathed, eager for the sight of Pārtha (Arjuna). The scene sets the moral tension between celestial desire and the disciplined restraint expected of a heroic ascetic.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/from thereupon

विसृज्यhaving dismissed/sent away

गन्धर्वम्the Gandharva

कृतकृत्यम्one who has accomplished his task

शुचिस्मिताwith a pure/bright smile

उर्वशीUrvashī

चand

अकरोत्did/performed

स्नानम्bath

पार्थदर्शनलालसाeager for seeing Pārtha (Arjuna)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Urvaśī

Arjuna (Pārtha)

Citraseṇa (Gandharvarāja)

Gandharvas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 foreshadows a dharmic contrast: celestial attraction and personal desire on one side, and the ideal of disciplined restraint and purity associated with a heroic ascetic on the other.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the Gandharva king Citraseṇa departs, Urvaśī prepares herself by bathing, motivated by longing to meet and see Arjuna.