Shloka 24

Śakuntalā’s Satya-Discourse and the Recognition of Bharata (शकुन्तला–सत्योपदेशः; भरतप्रतिग्रहः)

Devanagari script

चचार स विनिष्नन्‌ वै स्वैरचारान्‌ वनद्विपान्‌ । राज्ञा चाद्भुतवीर्येण योधेश्व समरप्रियै:

Transliteration

cacāra sa viniṣṇan vai svairacārān vanadvipān | rājñā cādbhutavīryeṇa yodheṣv samarapriyaiḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພຣະອົງນັ້ນໄດ້ທ່ອງໄປທົ່ວບ່ອນນັ້ນ ຟັນຟາດສັງຫານຊ້າງປ່າໃນດົງໄມ້ ທີ່ເດີນຫາກິນຕາມໃຈ. ກະສັດຜູ້ມີພະລັງອັນນ່າອັດສະຈັນ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍນັກຮົບຜູ້ຮັກສົງຄາມ ໄດ້ກວາດຄົ້ນປ່າໃຫຍ່ໄປທຸກທິດ—ເປັນພາບຂອງອໍານາດກະສັດທີ່ເມື່ອເກີນຂອບ ກໍ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ປ່າກາຍເປັນທົ່ງແຫ່ງຄວາມຫວາດກົວຂອງສັດທັງຫຼາຍ.

Word by Word

• चचार: wandered/roamed
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• विनिष्णन्: sitting down/settling (down)
• विनिष्णन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विनि-षद् (विनिषद्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• स्वैरचारान्: freely roaming
• स्वैरचारान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वैरचार
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• वनद्विपान्: forest-elephants
• वनद्विपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनद्विप
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

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

• अद्भुतवीर्येण: with wondrous prowess
• अद्भुतवीर्येण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुतवीर्य
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• योधेषु: among warriors/in battles
• योधेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• समरप्रियैः: by those fond of battle
• समरप्रियैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समरप्रिय
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• king (rājā)
• warriors (yodha)
• forest-elephants (vanadvipa)
• forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds royal and martial power as a force that can dominate nature; ethically, it invites reflection on restraint (dama) and the limits of kṣatriya vigor when it becomes destructive rather than protective.

What is happening in the narrative?

A powerful king, accompanied by warriors who delight in battle, moves through a vast forest and kills wild elephants that roam freely, indicating an aggressive sweep through the woodland.