Shloka 51

शल्यस्य सेनापत्याभ्युपगमः | Śalya’s Acceptance of Command

Devanagari script

आकाशे विद्रुमे पुण्ये प्रस्थे हिमवत: शुभे | अरुणां सरस्वती प्राप्य पपु: सस्नुश्चन ते जलम्‌

Transliteration

ākāśe vidrume puṇye prasthē himavataḥ śubhe | aruṇāṃ sarasvatīṃ prāpya papuḥ sasnuś ca te jalam ||

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຢູ່ເທິງທີ່ຮາບສູງອັນເປັນມົງຄຸນ ແລະ ບໍລິສຸດ ທີ່ບໍ່ມີຕົ້ນໄມ້ ຊື່ວ່າ «ອາກາສະ-ວິດຣຸມ» ໃນຍອດພູຮິມະວັດອັນງາມ, ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ໄປເຖິງແມ່ນ້ຳສະຣັສວະຕີທີ່ໄຫຼເປັນສີແດງ. ທີ່ນັ້ນ ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ດື່ມນ້ຳ ແລະ ອາບນ້ຳ—ເພື່ອຄວາມສົດຊື່ນ ແລະ ຄວາມບໍລິສຸດຕາມພິທີ—ໃນການເດີນທາງອັນຫນັກໜ່ວງພາຍໃຕ້ເງົາສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

• आकाशे: in the sky / in the open (space)
• आकाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विद्रुमे: at Vidruma (place-name) / in coral(-like place)
• विद्रुमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुण्ये: in the holy (place)
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रस्थे: on the plateau / level ground
• प्रस्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हिमवत: of Himavat (the Himalaya)
• हिमवत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शुभे: in the auspicious (place)
• शुभे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अरुणाम्: Arunā (river) / the reddish one
• अरुणाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुणा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सरस्वतीम्: Sarasvatī (river)
• सरस्वतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• पपुः: they drank
• पपुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Plural

• सस्नुः: they bathed
• सस्नुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Plural

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

• ते: they / those (people)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Himavat (Himalaya)
• Sarasvatī river (Aruṇā/aruṇa-salilā epithet)
• Ākāśa-vidruma (place/plateau)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid conflict, the epic repeatedly foregrounds practices of restraint and purification: approaching sacred waters, bathing, and drinking symbolize renewing strength while aligning oneself with dharma through cleanliness, reverence, and disciplined conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the group reached a holy, open plateau on the Himalayan heights, came to the reddish-flowing Sarasvatī, and there bathed and drank the water—an interlude of refreshment and ritual purification during their movement through sacred terrain.