Shloka 41

Devanagari script

निगूढमस्यागमनमिहासीत पूर्वमेव तु । ततो<भ्येत्यारुणां देवीं प्लावयामास वारिणा

Transliteration

nigūḍham asyāgamanam ihāsīt pūrvam eva tu | tato 'bhyetyāruṇāṃ devīṃ plāvayāmāsa vāriṇā ||

Translation

ਉਸ ਦਾ ਇੱਥੇ ਆਉਣਾ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹੀ ਗੁਪਤ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ। ਫਿਰ ਨੇੜੇ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਅਰੁਣਾ ਦੇਵੀ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਣੀ ਨਾਲ ਭਿਗੋ ਕੇ ਡੁਬੋ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

Word by Word

• निगूढम्: hidden, concealed
• निगूढम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निगूढ (नि+गुह्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अस्य: of him/this (his)
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• आगमनम्: coming, arrival
• आगमनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगमन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• पूर्वम्: before, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

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

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अभ्येत्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+इ (इण्)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अरुणाम्: reddish, tawny
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरुण
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्लावयामास: caused to be flooded / inundated
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्लावय् (caus. of प्लु/प्लव्)
• Form: Perfect periphrastic (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• वारिणा: with water
• वारिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Aruṇā (devī)
• water (vāri)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how concealment and sudden decisive action can alter events; ethically, it points to the tension between straightforward conduct and strategic secrecy that frequently arises in wartime narratives.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that a woman’s arrival had been deliberately kept secret; afterward someone approaches the goddess named Aruṇā and drenches or inundates her with water, marking a forceful turn in the episode.