Shloka 62

Devanagari script

निश्रैष्टोडस्माननुप्राप्त: स च दष्टोडन्वबुध्यत । ससंज्ञश्नापि संवृत्तश्छित््वा बन्धनमाशु न:

Transliteration

niśraiṣṭoḍasmān anuprāptaḥ sa ca daṣṭoḍanvabudhyata | sa-saṃjñaś cāpi saṃvṛttaś chitvā bandhanam āśu naḥ ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်— «သူသည် ထိုးနှက်ခံရပြီးနောက် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ထံ ပြန်ရောက်လာသည်။ ကိုက်ခံရသော်လည်း သတိပြန်လည်ရလာ၏။ သတိတရား ပြည့်စုံလာသည်နှင့် ချည်နှောင်ထားသမျှကို အလျင်အမြန် ဖြတ်တောက်ကာ ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ထံ ပြန်လည်ရောက်လာသည်» ဟုဆို၏။

Word by Word

निश्रैष्टःNiśraiṣṭha (a proper name)

उदस्मात्from us (away from us)

अनुप्राप्तःhaving come/arrived

सःhe

चand

दष्टःbitten

उदन्water

अवबुध्यतnoticed/realized

सhe

संज्ञःconscious, in his senses

अपिalso/even

संवृत्तःhaving become/come to be

छित्वाhaving cut

बन्धनम्bond, fetter

आशुquickly

नःof us / for us

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

unnamed male person (the one bitten and bound)

bandhana (bonds/fetters)

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?

Even after sudden harm and disorientation, steadiness of mind and prompt action can restore one’s agency; the verse highlights resilience and the decisive breaking of bondage once awareness returns.

What is happening in the narrative?

A person who had been struck and bitten returns to the group, regains consciousness despite the bite, and swiftly cuts his restraints, rejoining his companions.