Shloka 15

Devanagari script

स विदित्वैव नृपतिं तपत्या हृतमानसम्‌ | दिव्येन विधिना ज्ञात्वा भावितात्मा महानृषि:,विशुद्ध अन्तःकरणवाले महर्षि वसिष्ठ दिव्यज्ञानसे पहले ही जान गये कि सूर्यकन्या तपतीने राजाका चित्त चुरा लिया है

Transliteration

sa viditvaiva nṛpatiṁ tapatyā hṛtamānasam | divyena vidhinā jñātvā bhāvitātmā mahānṛṣiḥ |

Translation

Великий риши, с очищенным и обузданным внутренним существом, уже знал — божественным прозрением и способом — что Тапати, дочь Солнца, похитила сердце и мысли царя.

Word by Word

सःhe

विदित्वाhaving known

एवindeed/just

नृपतिम्the king

तपत्याby Tapatī

हृतमानसम्whose mind was stolen/enchanted

दिव्येनby divine

विधिनाmethod/means

ज्ञात्वाhaving ascertained/known

भावितात्माself-disciplined/one whose self is purified

महान्great

ऋषिःsage

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

ग

गन्धर्व (Gandharva, speaker)

न

नृपति (the king)

त

तपती (Tapatī)

स

सूर्य (the Sun, implied as Tapatī’s father)

म

महर्षि/वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha, as indicated by the contextual gloss)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A mind trained and purified (bhāvitātmā) can discern subtle truths—such as hidden desire or attachment—through higher insight rather than mere appearances; this highlights the ethical value of inner discipline and clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Gandharva narrates that the great sage (understood here as Vasiṣṭha) already knew, by divine means, that the king had fallen under the spell of love—his mind having been ‘stolen’ by Tapatī, the Sun’s daughter.