Shloka 11
Āraṇyaka-parva Adhyāya 199: Dharmavyādha on Svakarma, Vidhi, and the Limits of Ahiṃsā
Devanagari script
वसुमना अवतरेदित्यब्रवीदृषि:
Transliteration
vasumanā avatared ity abravīd ṛṣiḥ
Translation
Vaiśampāyana berkata: Sang resi mengisytiharkan, “Biarlah dia turun (lahir) dengan kekayaan dan kemakmuran.”
Word by Word
वसुमनाwith/through wealth (or: with Vasuman)
वसुमना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवसुमन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अवतरेदिति“may he descend/come down” (thus)
अवतरेदिति:
TypeVerb
Rootअव√तॄ (अवतारयति/अवतरेत्) + इति
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
अब्रवीत्said/spoke
अब्रवीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperfect (Lan), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
ऋषिःthe sage
ऋषिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaṚ
ṛṣi (sage)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical and ritual weight of a sage’s utterance: a deliberate blessing or injunction can frame a birth or ‘descent’ as auspicious, oriented toward prosperity and the maintenance of order.
Vaiśampāyana reports that a sage pronounces a directive/blessing—“let him descend, endowed with prosperity”—signaling the intended arrival (birth/incarnation) of a figure under favorable, dharmic conditions.