Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तत्र तत्र महानादैरुत्कृष्टतलनादितै: । यथायोगं यथाप्रीति विजहु: कुरुवृष्णय:,वे कौरव और वृष्णिवंशके वीर जहाँ-तहाँ वीणाकी उत्तम ध्वनिके साथ गाते-बजाते और संगीतका आनन्द लेते हुए यथावसर अपनी-अपनी रुचिके अनुसार विहार करने लगे

Transliteration

tatra tatra mahānādair utkṛṣṭa-tala-nāditaiḥ | yathāyogaṃ yathāprīti vijahuḥ kuru-vṛṣṇayaḥ ||

Translation

វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយថា៖ នៅទីនេះទីនោះ មានសំឡេងហ៊ោកញ្ជ្រៀវដ៏ខ្លាំង និងចង្វាក់ដ៏ល្អឥតខ្ចោះក្រអូបក្រអួន ក្រុមវីរបុរសកុរុ និងវ្រឹṣṇិ បានលំហែតាមសមគួរ តាមចិត្តរីករាយ—ច្រៀង និងលេងតន្ត្រី—ម្នាក់ៗតាមវេលា និងតាមសេចក្តីពេញចិត្តរបស់ខ្លួន។

Word by Word

तत्रthere

तत्रthere (here and there)

महानादैःwith loud sounds/roars

उत्कृष्टतलनादितैःwith excellently resounding beats (well-struck sounds)

यथाas/according to

योगम्fitness; propriety; occasion

यथाas/according to

प्रीतिम्pleasure; liking

विजहुःthey sported/roamed about; enjoyed themselves

कुरुवृष्णयःthe Kurus and the Vṛṣṇis

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kuru

Vṛṣṇi

tāla (rhythm/beat)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even enjoyment is ideally governed by fitness to time and place (yathāyogam). The verse subtly upholds cultured restraint: pleasure (prīti) is not rejected, but harmonized with propriety and occasion.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Kurus and Vṛṣṇis are depicted dispersing to various spots and enjoying music—singing, playing, and keeping rhythm—amid loud sounds and festive resonance, each according to his taste and at suitable moments.