Shloka 58

Devanagari script

स चिन्तयन्नेव तदा दाशकन्यां महीपति: । प्रत्ययाद्धास्तिनपुरं कामोपहतचेतन:,कामकी वेदनासे उनका चित्त चंचल था। वे उस निषादकन्याका ही चिन्तन करते हुए उस समय हस्तिनापुरको लौट गये

Transliteration

sa cintayann eva tadā dāśakanyāṃ mahīpatiḥ | pratyayād dhāstinapuraṃ kāmopahatacetanaḥ ||

Translation

ਕਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਘਾਇਲ ਮਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਉਹ ਮਹੀਪਤੀ, ਉਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਮੱਛੀਏ ਦੀ ਧੀ ਨੂੰ ਹੀ ਸੋਚਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਹਸਤਿਨਾਪੁਰ ਵਾਪਸ ਮੁੜ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

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

• चिन्तयन्: thinking (upon)
• चिन्तयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• दाशकन्याम्: the fisher-girl
• दाशकन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशकन्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महीपतिः: the king
• महीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रत्ययात्: from/after (that) occasion; thence
• प्रत्ययात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• हास्तिनपुरम्: to Hastinapura
• हास्तिनपुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हास्तिनपुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कामोपहतचेतनः: whose mind was afflicted by desire
• कामोपहतचेतनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामोपहतचेतन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• mahīpati (the king)
• dāśakanyā (fisher-girl)
• Hāstinapura

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how kāma (desire) can overpower discernment: even a king, expected to embody restraint and dharma, becomes mentally unsettled when ruled by passion.

What is happening in the narrative?

The king, absorbed in thoughts of the fisher-girl, returns to Hāstinapura with a mind disturbed by desire, indicating a turning point where personal attraction begins to influence his conduct.