Shloka 9

प्रावृट्-शरत्-वर्णनम् — Description of the Monsoon and Autumn; Sarasvatī in the Pāṇḍavas’ Exile

Devanagari script

स सम्पश्यन्‌ गिरिनदीर्वैदूर्यमणिसंनिभै: सलिलैहिमसंकाशै्हँसकारण्डवायुतै:

Transliteration

sa sampaśyan girinadīr vaidūryamaṇisaṁnibhaiḥ salilaiḥ himasaṁkāśaiḥ haṁsakāraṇḍavāyutaiḥ

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອພຣະອົງເດີນທາງຕໍ່ໄປ ພຣະອົງໄດ້ເຫັນແມ່ນ້ຳທີ່ເກີດຈາກພູ ນ້ຳຂອງມັນສົ່ງປະກາຍດັ່ງແກ້ວໄວດູຣະຍະ (vaidūrya) ໃສແຈ້ງ ແລະເຢັນດັ່ງຫິມະ ມີຫົງ ແລະ ເປັດກາຣັນດະວະ (kāraṇḍava) ບິນລອຍຢູ່ເຕັມ.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्पश्यन्: seeing, observing
• सम्पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पश्य्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• गिरिनदीः: mountain-rivers
• गिरिनदीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिनदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• वैदूर्यमणिसंनिभैः: with (waters) resembling vaidūrya-gems (cat's-eye)
• वैदूर्यमणिसंनिभैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैदूर्य-मणि-संनिभ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सलिलैः: with waters
• सलिलैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• हिमसंकाशैः: snow-like, resembling snow
• हिमसंकाशैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिम-संकाश
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• हंसकारण्डवायुतैः: accompanied by swans and ruddy sheldrakes
• हंसकारण्डवायुतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हंस-कारण्डव-आयुत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mountain rivers (girinadī)
• vaidūrya gem (cat’s-eye)
• swans (haṁsa)
• kāraṇḍava ducks

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the purifying, orderly beauty of nature—suggesting that even in exile and difficulty, one can cultivate clarity, restraint, and steadiness by aligning the mind with what is pure and serene.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes the traveler’s (contextually, the exiled heroes’/a principal figure’s) passage through the forest, where he observes mountain rivers with gem-like, snow-clear waters, crowded with swans and waterfowl.