Shloka 52

Droṇa’s Ācārya-Dakṣiṇā: Capture of Drupada and Division of Pāñcāla (द्रोण-आचार्यदक्षिणा)

Devanagari script

वाहयित्वा कुमारांस्ताञ्जलक्रीडागतांस्तदा । प्रमाणकोट्यां वासार्थी सुष्वापावाप्य तत्‌ स्थलम्‌

Transliteration

vāhayitvā kumārāṁs tāñ jalakrīḍāgatāṁs tadā | pramāṇakoṭyāṁ vāsārthī suṣvāpa āvāpy tat sthalam ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。水遊びに来ていた少年たちを伴い、休息の場を求めて、彼はプラマーナコーティの家に入り、その一隅に身を横たえて眠りについた。この場面は、休みと宿という日常の欲求が、やがて重大な出来事の端緒となりうることを示し、共に用いる場所では慎みと警戒こそが正しき行いの一部であると諭している。

Word by Word

• वाहयित्वा: having caused to carry / having led (along)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense), non-finite

• कुमारान्: boys, youths
• कुमारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• जलक्रीडागतान्: come for water-sport
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जलक्रीडागत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle) from √गम्

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• प्रमाणकोट्याम्: in (the place/house called) Pramāṇakoṭi
• प्रमाणकोट्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाणकोटि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वासार्थी: desiring lodging/rest
• वासार्थी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासार्थिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुष्वाप: slept
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आप्य: having reached/obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), non-finite

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्थलम्: place, spot
• स्थलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• kumārāḥ (boys)
• Pramāṇakoṭī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even routine actions like seeking rest and shelter carry ethical weight: one should be mindful of others and of the consequences that can arise from carelessness in shared or unfamiliar places.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that someone brought the boys who had come for water-play, went to the house at Pramāṇakoṭī to rest, and fell asleep there at a particular spot.