Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एवं तत्राश्रमे तेषां तदा निवसतां सताम्‌ | कालस्तपस्यतां कश्चिदपाक्रामत भारत,भरतनन्दन! इस प्रकार उन सब लोगोंको उस आश्रममें रहकर तपस्या करते कुछ काल व्यतीत हो गया

Transliteration

evaṁ tatrāśrame teṣāṁ tadā nivasatāṁ satām | kālas tapasyatāṁ kaścid apākrāmat bhārata, bharatanandana ||

Translation

ਹੇ ਭਾਰਤ, ਹੇ ਭਰਤਨੰਦਨ! ਉਸ ਆਸ਼ਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਸਤਪੁਰਖ ਵੱਸਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਅਤੇ ਤਪੱਸਿਆ ਕਰਦੇ ਕਰਦੇ ਕੁਝ ਸਮਾਂ ਬੀਤ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

एवम्thus

तत्रthere

आश्रमेin the hermitage

तेषाम्of them

तदाthen

निवसताम्of (those) dwelling

सताम्of the virtuous/good (people)

कालःtime

तपस्यताम्of (those) performing austerities

कश्चित्some

अपाक्रामत्passed/elapsed

भारतO Bharata

भरतनन्दनO delight of Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

इुमत्सेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dyumatsena (speaker)

Bharata (dynastic epithet)

Bharatanandana (address to a Bharata prince)

Āśrama (hermitage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical value of steady discipline: when the virtuous live in an āśrama and practice tapas, time naturally advances and ripens outcomes. It implies patience, restraint, and trust in dharmic effort rather than impulsive action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dyumatsena states that while the group stayed in the hermitage and engaged in austerities, a certain period of time passed. It functions as a narrative transition marking the passage of time during ascetic residence.