Shloka 10

Devanagari script

कूृपाश्न विविधाकारा मनोहर्षविवर्धना: । वाप्यश्न विविधाकारा औदकानि गृहाणि च,अनेक प्रकारके कुएँ तथा भाँति-भाँतिकी बावड़ियाँ बनायी गयी थीं, जो हृदयके हर्षको बढ़ा रही थीं। बहुत-से ऐसे गृह बने थे, जिनमें जलकी विशेष सुविधा सुलभ की गयी थी

Transliteration

kūpāś ca vividhākārā manoharṣa-vivardhanāḥ | vāpyāś ca vividhākārā audakāni gṛhāṇi ca ||

Translation

अनेक प्रकारचे विहिरी बांधल्या होत्या, ज्या मनाचा हर्ष वाढवीत होत्या. विविध आकारांची बावडी/तळीही केली होती, आणि पाण्याची विशेष सोय असलेली घरेही उभारली होती.

Word by Word

कूपाःwells

चand

विविधाकाराःof various forms

मनःहर्षविवर्धनाःincreasing the joy of the mind

वाप्यःponds/reservoirs

चand

विविधाकाराःof various forms

औदकानिhaving water / water-supplied

गृहाणिhouses

चand

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

wells (kūpāḥ)

ponds/reservoirs (vāpyāḥ)

houses with water facilities (audakāni gṛhāṇi)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic ideal of governance: ensuring accessible water through wells, ponds, and household water arrangements. Such public works are portrayed as joy-giving and ethically meritorious, expressing care for travelers and residents alike.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes preparations and arrangements being made—specifically the construction of varied wells and ponds and the provision of water-equipped dwellings—indicating organized, welfare-oriented infrastructure in the setting being narrated.