Shloka 10

Devanagari script

द्वियमाणं तु तं दृष्टवा स विप्र: कुरुसत्तम । त्वरितो5भ्यागमत्‌ तत्र अग्निहोत्रपरीप्सया,कुरुश्रेष्ठ! उस ब्राह्मणने जब देखा कि मृग मेरी अरणी और मथानीको लेकर तेजीसे भागा जा रहा है, तब वह अन्निहोत्रकी रक्षाके लिये तुरंत वहीं (पाण्डवोंके आश्रममें) आया

Transliteration

driyamāṇaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā sa vipraḥ kurusattama | tvarito 'bhyāgamat tatra agnihotra-parīpsayā ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。クル族の最良の者よ、そのブラーフマナは道具が運び去られるのを見て、アグニホートラ—家の聖火供養—を守り、宗教的務めが途絶えぬよう、急ぎその場へ駆けつけた。

Word by Word

द्वियमाणम्running swiftly / hastening

तुbut, indeed

तम्him/that (one)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

सःhe

विप्रःbrahmin

कुरुसत्तमO best of the Kurus

त्वरितःhastened / quickly (being in haste)

अभ्यागमत्came near / arrived

तत्रthere

अग्निहोत्रपरीप्सयाwith the desire to protect the agnihotra / for safeguarding the agnihotra

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

brāhmaṇa (vipra)

Kuru (address: kurusattama)

agnihotra (sacred fire-rite)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as faithful protection of one’s vowed religious obligations—here, the agnihotra—showing that sacred duties are to be preserved with promptness and care.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa notices something being carried off and immediately rushes to the place, motivated by the need to safeguard his agnihotra (the household fire-ritual) from being endangered or interrupted.