Shloka 12

Adhyāya 32: Tāpasānāṃ Darśanaṃ — Ascetics Seek to Identify the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

ततो विसर्जयामास लोकांस्तान्‌ मुनिपुज्गव:

Transliteration

tato visarjayāmāsa lokāṁs tān munipuṅgavaḥ | sa-rathāḥ sa-dhvajāś caiva svāni veśmāni bhejire ||

Translation

Então Vyāsa, o mais eminente dos sábios, dispensou aqueles seres para os seus respectivos mundos. E eles—com seus carros e estandartes—partiram e retornaram às suas próprias moradas.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• विसर्जयामास: dismissed, sent away
• Type: Verb
• Root: विसृज्
• Form: Lakara: लिट् (परस्मैपदम्), Person: 3, Number: singular

• लोकान्: worlds/people (here: those people/folk)
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Gender: masculine, Case: accusative, Number: plural

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Gender: masculine, Case: accusative, Number: plural

• मुनिपुङ्गवः: the foremost of sages
• मुनिपुङ्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनिपुङ्गव
• Form: Gender: masculine, Case: nominative, Number: singular

• सरथाः: with chariots
• सरथाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरथ
• Form: Gender: masculine, Case: nominative, Number: plural

• सध्वजाः: with banners/standards
• सध्वजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सध्वज
• Form: Gender: masculine, Case: nominative, Number: plural

• एव: indeed, just, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya

• स्वानि: their own
• स्वानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Gender: neuter, Case: accusative, Number: plural

• वेश्मानि: homes, dwellings
• वेश्मानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन्
• Form: Gender: neuter, Case: accusative, Number: plural

• भेजिरे: resorted to, went to, entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज्
• Form: Lakara: लिट् (आत्मनेपदम्), Person: 3, Number: plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• munipuṅgava (Vyāsa, by epithet/context)
• lokāḥ (realms/worlds)
• ratha (chariot)
• dhvaja (banner/standard)
• veśman (abode/dwelling)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights restoration of proper order (dharma) through disciplined closure: under a sage’s guidance, beings do not linger in disorder but return to their rightful realms and duties, suggesting that even extraordinary events must conclude with restraint and rightful placement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the foremost sage dismisses the assembled beings, and they depart—along with their chariots and banners—back to their own abodes/realms, marking a formal dispersal and transition to the next phase of the story.