Shloka 7

Kalmāṣapāda’s Encounter with Śakti and the Escalation of the Vasiṣṭha–Viśvāmitra Feud (कल्माषपाद–शक्ति प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

स नित्यमाश्रमं गत्वा द्रोणेन सह पार्षत: | चिक्रीडाध्ययनं चैव चकार क्षत्रियर्षभ:,क्षत्रियशिरोमणि पृषतकुमार द्रुपद प्रतिदिन भरद्वाज मुनिके आश्रमपर जाकर द्रोणके साथ खेलते और अध्ययन करते थे

Transliteration

sa nityam āśramaṃ gatvā droṇena saha pārṣataḥ | cikrīḍādhyayanaṃ caiva cakāra kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ ||

Translation

Сын Пришаты, бык среди кшатриев, постоянно ходил в обитель Бхарадваджи и вместе с Дроной проводил дни в играх и учении.

Word by Word

सःhe

नित्यम्always, regularly

आश्रमम्hermitage

गत्वाhaving gone

द्रोणेनwith Droṇa

सहtogether with

पार्षतःthe son of Pṛṣata (Drupada)

चिक्रीडplayed

अध्ययनम्study, learning

चand

एवindeed, just

चकारdid, performed

क्षत्रियर्षभःbull among kṣatriyas (best of warriors)

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Drupada (Pārṣata, son of Pṛṣata)

Droṇa

Bharadvāja (implied by the hermitage context in the received line)

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?

Shared learning and disciplined upbringing create strong bonds, but true dharma requires humility and gratitude so that friendship does not later collapse into rivalry and injustice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Drupada, the son of Pṛṣata, regularly visits the hermitage and spends time with Droṇa, engaging in play and study together—describing their early companionship during training.