Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तत एनं वेपमाना विवर्णा प्राञ्जलिस्तदा । उपतस्थे मुनिवरं विश्वामित्रं सरस्वती,इससे सरस्वतीकी कान्ति फीकी पड़ गयी और वह हाथ जोड़ थर-थर काँपती हुई मुनिवर विश्वामित्रकी सेवामें उपस्थित हुई

Transliteration

tata enaṁ vepamānā vivarṇā prāñjalistadā | upatasthe munivaraṁ viśvāmitraṁ sarasvatī ||

Translation

ແລ້ວນາງສາຣັສວະຕີ—ຕົວສັ່ນ ແລະ ໜ້າສີຈືດ—ໄດ້ປະນົມມື ເຂົ້າໄປຢືນຮັບໃຊ້ຕໍ່ໜ້າມຸນີຜູ້ປະເສີດ ວິສວາມິດຣະ.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

एनम्him (this person)

वेपमानाtrembling

विवर्णाpale, discolored

प्राञ्जलिःwith joined palms (in reverence)

तदाat that time

उपतस्थेattended upon, stood near to serve

मुनिवरम्the best of sages

विश्वामित्रम्Viśvāmitra

सरस्वतीSarasvatī

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sarasvatī

Viśvāmitra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical gravity of spiritual discipline and authority: true power evokes humility, and even exalted beings respond with reverence when confronted by the force of tapas and the moral order it represents.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sarasvatī, visibly shaken and pale, comes before the sage Viśvāmitra with folded hands and stands in attendance, indicating submission, respect, and the seriousness of the situation surrounding the sage.