Shloka 15

Devanagari script

! ५ ॥५ गाए, भी - ॥* /#॥॥ ५११ ॥/55 ० ततो याज्यनिमित्ते तु विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयो: । वैरमासीत्‌ तदा त॑ तु विश्वामित्रो5न्वपद्यत,उन्हीं दिनों यजमानके लिये विश्वामित्र और वसिष्ठमें वैर चल रहा था। उस समय विश्वामित्र राजा कल्माषपादके पास आये

Transliteration

tato yājyānimittte tu viśvāmitravaśiṣṭhayoḥ | vairam āsīt tadā taṁ tu viśvāmitro 'nvapadyata ||

Translation

ထိုအခါ ယဇ္ဉပူဇာ၏ အလှူရှင်အကြောင်းကြောင့် ဖြစ်ပွားသော အငြင်းပွားမှုမှတစ်ဆင့် ဝိශ්ဝာမိတ္တရနှင့် ဝါသိဋ္ဌတို့အကြား ရန်ငြိုးပေါ်ပေါက်လေ၏။ ထိုကာလ၌ ဝိශ්ဝာမိတ္တရသည် ထိုမင်းထံသို့ ချဉ်းကပ်လာလေ၏။

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereupon

याज्य-निमित्तेon the occasion of the sacrifice/for the sacrificer’s cause

तुbut/indeed

विश्वामित्र-वसिष्ठयोःof Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha

वैरम्enmity

आसीत्was/existed

तदाat that time

तत्then/that (emphatic particle-like use)

तुbut/indeed

विश्वामित्रःViśvāmitra

अन्वपद्यत्approached/went to

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Viśvāmitra

Vasiṣṭha

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 how rivalry over ritual status and patronage can escalate into hostility, implying an ethical caution: sacred duties and authority should be governed by restraint and dharma rather than competition and resentment.

What is happening in the narrative?

A conflict arises between the sages Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha due to a sacrificial/patron-related issue, and Viśvāmitra then goes to approach the relevant person (contextually, the king), advancing the plot tied to this feud.