Shloka 10

Devanagari script

हृष्टानां सिंहनादेन जनानां तत्र नि:स्वन: | प्रविश्य प्रदिश: सर्वा: पुनरेव व्युपारमत्‌

Transliteration

hṛṣṭānāṃ siṃhanādena janānāṃ tatra niḥsvanaḥ | praviśya pradiśaḥ sarvāḥ punar eva vyupāramat ||

Translation

ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದ ಜನರ ಸಿಂಹನಾದದಿಂದ ಮಹಾ ಕೋಲಾಹಲ ಎದ್ದಿತು; ಅದು ಎಲ್ಲ ದಿಕ್ಕುಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಹರಡಿ, ಮತ್ತೆ ಶಾಂತವಾಯಿತು।

Word by Word

• हृष्टानाम्: of the delighted (people)
• हृष्टानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सिंहनादेन: by the lion-roar (shout)
• सिंहनादेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• जनानाम्: of the people
• जनानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• निःस्वनः: a loud sound, din
• निःस्वनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निःस्वन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रविश्य: having entered/pervaded
• प्रविश्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• प्रदिशः: the directions (quarters)
• प्रदिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• व्युपारमत्: ceased, became quiet
• व्युपारमत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-उप-रम्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the people (janāḥ)
• all directions (pradiśaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the power of collective joy and its proper containment: celebration can surge and fill the world, yet it should naturally settle back into calm, reflecting social balance and self-restraint even in happiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

On hearing auspicious news (contextually, the report of a son's birth), the gathered people roar in triumph; the resulting clamor spreads through all quarters and then gradually quiets down.