Shloka 11

Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa

Devanagari script

तानवेक्ष्य कृशान्‌ पौत्रान्‌ वने वन्‍्येन जीवत:

Transliteration

tān avekṣya kṛśān pautrān vane vanyenajīvataḥ

Translation

ເມື່ອເຫັນຫລານໆຂອງທ່ານຜອມແຫ້ງ—ດຳລົງຊີວິດໃນປ່າດ້ວຍອາຫານປ່າ—ໄວສຳປາຍະນະໄດ້ພັນລະນາພາບອັນສະເທືອນໃຈນັ້ນ ເພື່ອຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນຄວາມທຸກຍາກຂອງການຖືກເນລະເທດ ແລະນ້ຳໜັກທາງທຳມະທີ່ຄອບຄົວນັ້ນຕ້ອງແບກໃນຍາມວິກິດ.

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवेक्ष्य: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-ईक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having seen/observed

• कृशान्: emaciated, thin
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पौत्रान्: grandsons
• पौत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वन्येन: with forest-produce; by wild (food)
• वन्येन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• जीवत: living, subsisting
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• pautrāḥ (grandsons/descendants)
• vana (forest)
• vanya (wild forest food)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how exile and hardship visibly transform even noble descendants, inviting compassion and reflection on dharma: endurance in adversity and the ethical consequences of actions that drive families into suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a scene where the grandsons/descendants are seen in the forest, thin from subsisting on wild forest food—an image that emphasizes the severity of their woodland life.