Shloka 67

भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः

Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt

Devanagari script

आश्रमे क्रीडितं यत्‌ तु त्वया बाल्ये मया सह । तेन संवर्द्धित: स्नेह: प्रीतिश्न क्षत्रियर्षभ

Transliteration

āśrame krīḍitaṃ yat tu tvayā bālye mayā saha | tena saṃvarddhitaḥ snehaḥ prītiś ca kṣatriyarṣabha ||

Translation

「刹帝利の雄よ。幼き日に汝が我とともに庵（アーシュラマ）で遊び戯れた、そのゆえに汝への情愛と親しみは大いに深まった。」

Word by Word

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• क्रीडितम्: played (the act of playing)
• क्रीडितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• त्वया: by you/with you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• बाल्ये: in childhood
• बाल्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मया: by me/with me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• तेन: by that/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• संवर्द्धितः: increased/augmented
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+वृध्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्नेहः: affection
• स्नेहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रीतिः: love/pleasure
• प्रीतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• क्षत्रियर्षभ: O bull among kshatriyas
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्षत्रियशिरोमणे: O crest-jewel of kshatriyas
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय-शिरोमणि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• āśrama (hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Shared upbringing and lived experience create enduring bonds; affection (sneha) and fond regard (prīti) are shown as ethically significant forces that shape loyalty and responsibility in later life.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker recalls childhood play together in a hermitage and explains that this intimacy has deepened his affection for the addressed kṣatriya, using a respectful epithet to acknowledge his status.