Shloka 9

Saumadatti-vadha and Bhīma–Alambusa-saṃyoga (सौमदत्तिवधः तथा भीमालम्बुससंयोगः)

Devanagari script

निर्दिष्ट यद्‌ वृषाड्केण पुण्यं सर्वार्थसाधकम्‌ | तौ जग्मतुरसम्भ्रान्ती नरनारायणावृषी

Transliteration

nirdiṣṭa yad vṛṣāṅkeṇa puṇyaṁ sarvārthasādhakam | tau jagmatur asambhrāntī nara-nārāyaṇāv ṛṣī ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອວຣຶສາງກະ (ພຣະສິວະ) ໄດ້ຊີ້ນໍາເສັ້ນທາງບຸນອັນປະເສີດ ທີ່ສໍາເລັດເປົ້າໝາຍອັນຊອບທັງປວງແລ້ວ ມຸນີສອງອົງ ນະຣະ ແລະ ນາຣາຍະນະ ກໍອອກເດີນທາງໄປ ດ້ວຍໃຈສະຫງົບ ບໍ່ຫວັ່ນໄຫວ»។

Word by Word

निर्दिष्टम्indicated, prescribed

यत्which

वृषाङ्केणby Vṛṣāṅka (Śiva; 'bull-marked')

पुण्यम्merit, holy act/fruit

सर्वार्थसाधकम्accomplishing all aims

तौthose two

जग्मतुःwent

असम्भ्रान्तौunagitated, unconfused

नरनारायणौNara and Nārāyaṇa

ऋषीthe two sages

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Vṛṣāṅka (Śiva)

Nara

Nārāyaṇa

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?

True spiritual merit is not merely ritual but a dharmic path ‘shown’ by the divine that leads to comprehensive well-being; the ideal response is steadiness—acting without agitation or confusion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that, after Śiva (Vṛṣāṅka) indicates a supremely efficacious meritorious course, the twin sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa depart calmly and resolutely, suggesting disciplined adherence to the revealed guidance.