Shloka 8
Adhyāya 32: Rājasūya-Dīkṣā and Appointment of Court Offices (राजसूयदीक्षा तथा अधिकारविनियोगः)
Devanagari script
पुनश्न परिवृत्याथ पुष्करारण्यवासिन:
Transliteration
punaś ca parivṛtyātha puṣkarāraṇyavāsinaḥ
Translation
ਵੈਸ਼ੰਪਾਯਨ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਫਿਰ ਉਹ ਮੁੜ ਵਾਪਸ ਮੁੜੇ; ਪੁਸ਼ਕਰ-ਅਰਣ ਦੇ ਵਾਸੀ ਦੁਬਾਰਾ ਦਿਸ਼ਾ ਬਦਲ ਕੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਧੇ।
Word by Word
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
परिवृत्यhaving turned back / having returned
परिवृत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि√वृत्
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable; action prior to main verb
अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
पुष्करारण्यवासिनःthe dwellers of the Pushkara forest
पुष्करारण्यवासिनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्करारण्य-वासिन्
FormMasculine, nominative, plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaP
Puṣkara forest (Puṣkarāraṇya)P
Puṣkarāraṇyavāsinaḥ (dwellers of Puṣkara forest)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moment of deliberate reversal—an intentional turning back—suggesting that choices can be revisited and corrected; ethical action often involves reassessing one’s direction when circumstances or understanding change.
The narrator marks a transition: certain people associated with the Puṣkara forest are described as turning back again, indicating a return or change of route before the story proceeds to the next development.