Shloka 10

ययातिपतनम् — Yayāti’s Fall and the Offer of Dharma

Nārada’s Account

Devanagari script

वनेषु मृगवासेषु व्याप्रविप्रोषितेषु च । दावाग्निविप्रयुक्तेषु शून्येषु गहनेषु च

Transliteration

vaneṣu mṛgavāseṣu vyāpraviproṣiteṣu ca | dāvāgniviprayukteṣu śūnyeṣu gahaneṣu ca ||

Translation

ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ମୃଗମାନଙ୍କର ଆବାସଭୂତ ସେହି ବନମାନେ, ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ମାନବ ହଲଚଲ ଓ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକଳାପର କୋଳାହଳ ନଥିଲା, ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ଦାବାନଳର ଭୟ ନଥିଲା, ଯାହା ବସତିଶୂନ୍ୟ ଓ ଗହନ ନିର୍ଜନ—ସେଠାରେ ମାଧବୀ ମୃଗମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ବନଚାରିଣୀ ହରିଣୀ ପରି ବସବାସ କରୁଥିଲା। ସେ କୋମଳ ସବୁଜ ଘାସ ଚରି, ପବିତ୍ର ନଦୀର ଶୁଦ୍ଧ, ଶୀତଳ, ନିର୍ମଳ ଓ ସୁସ୍ୱାଦୁ ଜଳ ପିଇ, ସେହି ଏକାନ୍ତ ବନମାନେ ବିଚରଣ କରୁଥିଲା। ଏଭଳି ବ୍ରହ୍ମଚର୍ୟ ପାଳନ କରି ସେ ଉଚ୍ଚ ଧର୍ମ ଆଚରଣ କଲା।

Word by Word

• वनेषु: in forests
• वनेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• मृगवासेषु: in the dwellings/haunts of deer
• मृगवासेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग-वास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• व्याप्र-विप्रोषितेषु: where tigers are absent (having gone away)
• व्याप्र-विप्रोषितेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप्र-विप्रोषित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दावाग्नि-विप्रयुक्तेषु: free from forest-fire
• दावाग्नि-विप्रयुक्तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दावाग्नि-विप्रयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• शून्येषु: in deserted (places)
• शून्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शून्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• गहनेषु: in dense/thick (woods)
• गहनेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गहन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• forest (vana)
• deer (mṛga)
• wildfire/forest-fire (dāvāgni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma expressed through disciplined simplicity: choosing secluded, non-violent surroundings, living with purity and restraint, and upholding brahmacarya as a means to cultivate higher ethical conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes Mādhavī’s forest-dwelling: she moves among deer in remote, uninhabited, wildfire-free woods, sustains herself on tender grass and pure river-water, and lives a chaste, dharma-centered life.