Shloka 7

अर्जुनागमनम्

Arjuna’s Arrival and Reunion on the Sacred Mountain

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एतदात्महितं श्रुत्वा तस्याप्रतिमतेजस:

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: etad ātmahitam śrutvā tasyāpratimatejasaḥ

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「己の真の安寧に資するその言葉を聞くや、比類なき光輝を備えた彼は、しかるべく応じ／行動した。」

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आत्महितम्: beneficial to oneself
• आत्महितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्महित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• तस्य: of him/that
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अप्रतिमतेजसः: of (one) of incomparable splendor/energy
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रतिमतेजस्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• apratimatejasaḥ (an unnamed person described as of incomparable splendor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical value of receiving counsel that is ātmahitam—truly beneficial for one’s deeper good—implying that wise action begins with attentive listening to dharmic instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports that a figure described as ‘of incomparable splendor’ has heard a teaching or advice characterized as beneficial to the self; the line functions as a transition into that person’s ensuing response or action.