Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अनुज्ञातस्तु शाण्डिल्या यथागतमुपागमत्‌ | नैव चासादयामास तथारूपांस्तुरंगमान्‌,तत्पश्चात्‌ शाण्डिलीकी आज्ञा ले वे जैसे आये थे, वैसे ही चले गये। वे गालवके बताये अनुसार श्यामकर्ण घोड़े नहीं पा सके

Transliteration

anujñātas tu śāṇḍilyā yathāgatam upāgamat | naiva cāsādayāmāsa tathārūpāṁs turaṅgamān |

Translation

अनुज्ञातस्तु शाण्डिल्या यथागतमुपागमत्। नैव चासादयामास तथारूपान् तुरङ्गमान्॥

Word by Word

अनुज्ञातःhaving been permitted

तुbut/indeed

शाण्डिल्यःŚāṇḍilya

यथाas/just as

आगतम्come/arrived (way)

उपागमत्went/returned

नnot

एवindeed/at all

चand

असादयामासcaused to obtain / found / procured

तथाthus/in that manner

रूपान्forms/appearances

तुरंगमान्horses

तत्then/thereafter (that)

पश्चात्afterwards

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Śāṇḍilī

Gālava

turaṅgama (horses/steeds)

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?

The verse highlights ethical clarity in action: one should strive diligently, but also accept reality without deceit or coercion, and report outcomes truthfully when the required conditions cannot be met.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being granted leave by Śāṇḍilī, the seeker departs as he came, but fails to procure the specifically described horses (as per Gālava’s requirement), indicating a setback in the ongoing quest.