Shloka 120

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 67 — गान्धर्वविवाह-समयः

Duḥṣanta–Śakuntalā: Gandharva Marriage and Succession Condition

Devanagari script

विमुखाउ्छात्रवान्‌ सर्वान्‌ कारयिष्यति मे सुत: । बाल: प्रविश्य च व्यूहमभेद्यं विचरिष्यति

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | vimukhaucchātravān sarvān kārayiṣyati me sutaḥ | bālaḥ praviśya ca vyūham abhedyaṃ vicariṣyati |

Translation

ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ລູກຊາຍຂອງຂ້າຈະໄລ່ສັດຕູທັງປວງໃຫ້ແຕກພ່າຍ ຖອນຄວາມຫຍິ່ງຍະໂສ ແລະການຄຸ້ມຄອງຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ. ແມ່ນແຕ່ເປັນເດັກນ້ອຍ ລາວກໍຈະເຂົ້າໄປໃນຮູບແບບກອງທັບທີ່ບໍ່ອາດທະລຸໄດ້ ແລະເຄື່ອນໄຫວຢູ່ພາຍໃນນັ້ນດ້ວຍຄວາມກ້າຫານ»។

Word by Word

• विमुखान्: turned away; routed
• विमुखान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• छात्रवान्: as if with an umbrella; umbrella-bearing (epithet/descriptor)
• छात्रवान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छात्रवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कारयिष्यति: will cause (to do); will make (them) (become)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कारयति)
• Form: Simple Future (causative), Third, Singular

• मे: of me; my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बालः: a boy; child
• बालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), —

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• व्यूहम्: battle-formation; array
• व्यूहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यूह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभेद्यम्: impenetrable; unbreakable
• अभेद्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभेद्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विचरिष्यति: will roam; will move about
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Simple Future, Third, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• me sutaḥ (the speaker’s son)
• vyūha (battle formation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of fearless resolve and steadfastness in crisis: even youth is not an excuse for abandoning duty when courage and commitment to one’s side are required.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports a confident prediction: the speaker’s son will rout the enemy and, despite being young, will enter and move fearlessly within an ‘impenetrable’ military formation (vyūha).