Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सिंहखेलगति: श्रीमान्‌ मत्तनागेन्द्रविक्रम: । सम्भाव्यमस्मिन्‌ कर्मेदमुत्साहाच्चानुमीयते,“इसकी सिंहके समान मस्तानी चाल है। यह शोभाशाली तरुण मतवाले गजराजके समान पराक्रमी प्रतीत होता है। इस वीरके लिये यह कार्य करना सम्भव है। इसका उत्साह देखकर भी ऐसा ही अनुमान होता है

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: siṁha-khela-gatiḥ śrīmān matta-nāgendra-vikramaḥ | sambhāvyam asmin karmedam utsāhāc cānumīyate ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Поступь его — как гордая, игривая поступь льва. Он сияет, а доблесть его подобна мощи опьянённого владыки слонов. Для такого героя это дело поистине осуществимо; одно лишь пламя его рвения заставляет заключить, что он сумеет его совершить».

Word by Word

सिंहखेलगतिःlion-like playful gait

श्रीमान्splendid, illustrious

मत्तनागेन्द्रविक्रमःone whose prowess is like that of an intoxicated lord of elephants

सम्भाव्यम्possible, feasible

अस्मिन्in this (person)

कर्मdeed, task

इदम्this

उत्साहात्from (his) enthusiasm; due to enthusiasm

चand

अनुमीयतेis inferred, is concluded

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

siṁha (lion)

nāgendra (elephant-king)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a classical ethical criterion for action: capability inferred from observable qualities. A person’s bearing, radiance, and especially utsāha (resolute energy) are taken as signs of fitness to undertake demanding deeds.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a hero’s appearance and movement using lion-and-elephant imagery, concluding that the proposed task is achievable for him; the assessment is based on his evident vigor and martial presence.