Shloka 29

Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

यो यानैरद्धुताकारैर्हयैनगिश्व संवृतः

Transliteration

yo yānair adbhutākārair hayair nagiśva saṃvṛtaḥ

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു— അവൻ അത്ഭുതാകൃതിയിലുള്ള വാഹനങ്ങളാലും കുതിരകളാലും ചുറ്റപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यानैः: by/with vehicles
• यानैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अद्भुताकारैः: of wondrous form/shape
• अद्भुताकारैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुताकार
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• हयैः: by/with horses
• हयैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नगैः: by/with mountains
• नगैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• संवृतः: surrounded/covered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√वृ (वृञ् वरणे)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• yāna (vehicles/chariots)
• haya (horses)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights how external grandeur—marvelous vehicles and fine horses—signals worldly power and readiness, inviting reflection on the contrast between outward display and inner virtue that the epic often explores.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśaṃpāyana) is describing someone’s entourage: extraordinary-looking conveyances and horses surrounding him, setting a scene of royal or martial prominence.