Shloka 15

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

यवक्रीतश्न नृपते द्रोणश्व॒ वदतां वर: । आयुर्मतज़ो दत्तश्न ट्रपदो मत्स्य एव च

Transliteration

Yavakrītaś ca nṛpate Droṇaś ca vadatāṁ varaḥ | Āyurmattaś ca Dattaś ca Tṛpaṇo Matsya eva ca ||

Translation

പരാശരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നൃപതേ! യവക്രീതൻ, വാക്കിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ ദ്രോണൻ, ആയുർമത്തൻ, ദത്തൻ, തൃപണൻ, മത്‌സ്യനും (അവിടെ/ഇവിടെ) ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

यवक्रीतश्चYavakrīta (proper name) and

नृपतेO king

द्रोणश्चDroṇa and

वदताम्of speakers / among those who speak

वरःthe best

आयुर्मतश्चĀyur-mat (proper name) and

दत्तश्चDatta and

त्रपदोTrapada (proper name)

मत्स्यःMatsya (proper name)

एवindeed / also / just

चand

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

प

पराशर (Parāśara)

न

नृप (king, addressee)

य

यवक्रीत (Yavakrīta)

द

द्रोण (Droṇa)

आ

आयुर्मत्त (Āyurmatta)

द

दत्त (Datta)

त

तृपण (Tṛpaṇa)

म

मत्स्य (Matsya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a mnemonic listing within a didactic discourse: it emphasizes the importance of remembering exemplary or noteworthy persons—especially teachers and learned figures—whose lives and speech are relevant to ethical instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parāśara addresses a king and enumerates several named individuals (including Droṇa, praised as an excellent speaker). The verse is part of a larger catalog-like passage in which figures are being cited or recalled to support the surrounding teaching.