Shloka 109

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

वैताने कर्मणि तत: पावकात्‌ समजायत । वीरो द्रोणविनाशाय धनुरादाय वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

vaitāne karmaṇi tataḥ pāvakāt samajāyata | vīro droṇavināśāya dhanur ādāya vīryavān ||

Translation

वैताने कर्मणि ततः पावकात् समजायत। वीरो द्रोणविनाशाय धनुरादाय वीर्यवान्॥

Word by Word

• वैताने: in the Vaitāna (sacrificial) rite
• वैताने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैतान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्मणि: in the ritual act
• कर्मणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ततः: then; from thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• पावकात्: from the fire
• पावकात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• समजायत: was born; arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• वीरः: the hero
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोण: of Droṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (in compound), Singular

• विनाशाय: for the destruction
• विनाशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• धनुः: a bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• वीर्यवान्: mighty; possessed of valor
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

दाश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Daśa (speaker)
• Agni/Pāvaka (sacrificial fire)
• Droṇa
• Bow (dhanuḥ)
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna (implied by context as the fire-born hero)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links sacred ritual power with the unfolding of destiny: even a yajña, emblem of order and purity, can become the channel through which a divinely sanctioned instrument of justice (or retribution) appears, reminding readers that dharma operates through complex, sometimes violent historical outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

During a Vedic sacrificial performance, a warrior is said to arise from the sacrificial fire, already purposed to bring about Droṇa’s destruction; he appears armed with a bow, signaling his immediate role in the impending conflict.