Shloka 28

Jarāsandha–Bhīma Niyuddha-prastāvaḥ

Commencement of the Regulated Duel

Devanagari script

गोवासमिव वीक्षन्त: सिंहा हैमवता यथा । शालस्तम्भनिभास्तेषां चन्दनागुरुरूषिता:

Transliteration

govāsam iva vīkṣantaḥ siṃhā haimavatā yathā | śālastambhanibhās teṣāṃ candanāgururūṣitāḥ ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်– သူတို့၏ အကြည့်သည် ဟိမဝန္တတောင်တန်း၏ ခြင်္သေ့များက နွားခြံကို ကြည့်သကဲ့သို့—မလျော့မတင်း၊ လုယူမည့် ရည်ရွယ်ချက်ဖြင့် ဖြစ်၏။ သူတို့၏ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာများသည် သာလာသစ်တိုင်များကဲ့သို့ မြင့်မားခိုင်မာပြီး စန္ဒကူးနှင့် အဂရု (အလော) အနံ့ဖြင့် လိမ်းသုတ်ထားသဖြင့် မွှေးကြိုင်လျက်ရှိသည်။ ထိုသည်က စည်းဝေးခန်း၏ တင်းမာသော လေထုအတွင်း၌ မင်းရိုးရာသန့်ရှင်းသပ်ရပ်မှုနှင့် ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် အင်အားကို တပြိုင်နက် ထင်ဟပ်စေသည်။

Word by Word

• गोवासम्: a cattle-dwelling/settlement (cow-pen, cowherd-hamlet)
• गोवासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वीक्षन्तः: seeing, looking at
• वीक्षन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)

• सिंहाः: lions
• सिंहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हैमवताः: Himalayan (of the Himavat)
• हैमवताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैमवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शालस्तम्भनिभाः: having the likeness of śāla-pillars (pillar-like)
• शालस्तम्भनिभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• चन्दनागुरुरूषिताः: smeared with sandal and agaru (aloeswood)
• चन्दनागुरुरूषिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूषित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from √रूष्/√रुष् 'to smear/anoint')
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Himālaya (Haimavata)
• lions (siṃha)
• cattle-pen (govāsa)
• śāla pillars (śālastambha)
• sandalwood (candana)
• aloeswood/agarwood (aguru)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how outward refinement (perfumes, regal bearing) can coexist with inner aggression; ethical discernment requires seeing beyond appearances, especially in political assemblies where power often masks predatory intent.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the assembly setting, a group is described as watching others with the threatening focus of Himalayan lions eyeing a cattle enclosure, while their imposing, pillar-like physiques and fragrant anointments underscore both their status and their readiness to dominate.