Shloka 37

बभ्रुवाहन-धनंजययोः संग्रामः

Babhruvāhana and Dhanaṃjaya’s engagement at Maṇipūra

Devanagari script

आगतोड<यं महाबाहो तस्य मन्दस्य पुत्रक:

Transliteration

āgato 'ḍyaṃ mahābāho tasya mandasya putrakaḥ

Translation

ഹേ മഹാബാഹോ! ആ മന്ദബുദ്ധിയുള്ളവന്റെ മകൻ ഇവിടെ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• आगतः: has come / arrived
• आगतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) / आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this (man/person)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• मन्दस्य: of the dull/slow one
• मन्दस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पुत्रकः: son (dear son/young son)
• पुत्रकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mahābāho (addressee, unspecified here)
• mandasya (an unnamed dull-witted man)
• putrakaḥ (his son)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse hints at an ethical caution: labeling someone as ‘manda’ (lacking discernment) frames how others view him and even his family; it invites reflection on discernment (buddhi) and the social consequences of perceived folly.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana announces to the addressed hero (‘mahābāho’) that the son of a certain man—described as dull-witted—has arrived, signaling the entry of this boy into the ongoing episode.