Shloka 19

Droṇotpattiḥ and Dhanurveda-Prāpti

Origin of Droṇa and Acquisition of Martial Science

Devanagari script

तेनाचिरेण कालेन जगामास्तमिवांशुमान्‌ | तस्मिन्‌ प्रेते मनुष्येन्द्रे भार्यास्थ भृशदु:खिता,“इस कारण वे थोड़े ही समयमें सूर्यकी भाँति अस्त हो गये। उन महाराजके परलोकवासी हो जानेपर उनकी पत्नीको बड़ा दुःख हुआ

Transliteration

tenācireṇa kālena jagāmāstam ivāṁśumān | tasmin prete manuṣyendre bhāryāsthā bhṛśa-duḥkhitā |

Translation

E, em pouco tempo, ele se pôs, como o sol. Quando aquele senhor entre os homens deixou este mundo, sua esposa foi tomada por uma dor intensíssima.

Word by Word

तेनby that; therefore

अचिरेणin a short (time)

कालेनwith time; in time

जगामwent; passed away

अस्तम्to setting; to disappearance

इवlike; as if

अंशुमान्the sun (the radiant one)

तस्मिन्when he/that (was so); in that (situation)

प्रेतेwhen (he) had died; departed

मनुष्येन्द्रेin the lord of men (king)

भार्याthe wife

आसwas

भृशexceedingly; greatly

दुःखिताgrief-stricken

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)

manuṣyendra (a king, unnamed here)

bhāryā (the king’s wife)

aṁśumān (the Sun, as simile)

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 underscores impermanence: even a powerful king passes away swiftly, and worldly bonds naturally bring sorrow—inviting reflection on detachment and steadiness amid life’s inevitable changes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the king soon dies, compared to the sun setting; after his death, his wife is left in profound grief.