Shloka 8

Adhyāya 32: Rājasūya-Dīkṣā and Appointment of Court Offices (राजसूयदीक्षा तथा अधिकारविनियोगः)

Devanagari script

पुनश्न परिवृत्याथ पुष्करारण्यवासिन:

Transliteration

punaś ca parivṛtyātha puṣkarāraṇyavāsinaḥ

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。やがて彼らは再び引き返し、プシュカラの森に住む者たちは、向きを変えたのちの道をあらためて進み始めた。

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• परिवृत्य: having turned back / having returned
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि√वृत्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable; action prior to main verb

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पुष्करारण्यवासिनः: the dwellers of the Pushkara forest
• पुष्करारण्यवासिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्करारण्य-वासिन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Puṣkara forest (Puṣkarāraṇya)
• Puṣkarāraṇyavāsinaḥ (dwellers of Puṣkara forest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a moment of deliberate reversal—an intentional turning back—suggesting that choices can be revisited and corrected; ethical action often involves reassessing one’s direction when circumstances or understanding change.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks a transition: certain people associated with the Puṣkara forest are described as turning back again, indicating a return or change of route before the story proceeds to the next development.