Shloka 9

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 181 — Svayaṃvara Aftermath: Arjuna–Karna Exchange and Bhīma–Śalya Contest

Devanagari script

स कदाचित क्षुधाविष्टो मृगयन्‌ भक्ष्यमात्मन: । ददर्श सुपरिक्लिष्ट: कम्मिंश्रिन्निर्जने वने

Transliteration

sa kadācit kṣudhāviṣṭo mṛgayan bhakṣyam ātmanaḥ | dadarśa suparikliṣṭaḥ kammiṃśrinnirjane vane ||

Translation

တစ်ခါတစ်ရံ ဗိုက်ဆာလွန်း၍ သူသည် မိမိအတွက် စားစရာကို ရှာဖွေထွက်သွား하였다။ အလွန်ပင် ပင်ပန်းဆင်းရဲပြီးနောက်၊ တော၏ လူသူကင်းသော အရပ်တစ်နေရာ၌ ဘြာဟ္မဏတစ်ဦးနှင့် ဘြာဟ္မဏမိန်းမတစ်ဦးတို့ မေထုန်ပြုရန် စုဝေးလာသည်ကို တွေ့မြင်하였다။ သူတို့၏ ဆန္ဒ မပြည့်မီပင် ရက္ခသသဘောကပ်နေသော ကလ္မာရှပာဒကို မြင်လိုက်ကြသဖြင့် အလွန်ကြောက်လန့်ကာ ထိုနေရာမှ ထွက်ပြေးသွားကြသည်။

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कदाचित्: once, at some time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित्

• क्षुधा: by hunger
• क्षुधा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुध्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• आविष्टः: possessed, seized
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-विश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• मृगयन्: seeking, hunting for
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृगय्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• भक्ष्यम्: food, something to eat
• भक्ष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मनः: for himself / of himself
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुपरिक्लिष्टः: greatly afflicted, much distressed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपरिक्लिष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• कस्मिंश्चित्: in some (place)
• कस्मिंश्चित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कस्मिन् + चित्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निर्जने: in a lonely/deserted (place)
• निर्जने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्जन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kalmāṣapāda (implied by context: rākṣasāviṣṭa)
• Gandharva (speaker)
• Brahmin (brāhmaṇa)
• Brahmin woman (brāhmaṇī)
• Forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames hunger and demonic possession as forces that can drive a person toward adharma; it also highlights the vulnerability of householders and the ethical danger when power, appetite, and loss of self-control converge.

What is happening in the narrative?

A hunger-stricken, rākṣasa-possessed Kalmāṣapāda wanders in a forest seeking food and encounters a Brahmin couple who have come together for union; terrified on seeing him, they flee before completing their act.