Shloka 70

Devanagari script

अथोपयातत्त्वरितो दिदृक्षु- मन्त्रौषधीभिर्निरुजो विशल्य:

Transliteration

athopayāt tvarito didṛkṣu-

mantrauṣadhībhir nirujo viśalyaḥ

Translation

பின்னர் அவனைப் பார்க்க ஆவலுடன் அவன் விரைந்து சென்றான்—மந்திரங்களாலும் மருந்துகளாலும் வலி நீங்கி, அம்பு அகற்றப்பட்டதால் ‘விசல்யன்’ (சல்யமற்றவன்) ஆனவனை நோக்கி।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• उपयातत्: approached/came near
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या (धातु: या)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वरितः: hastened, quickly
• त्वरितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• दिदृक्षुः: wishing to see
• दिदृक्षुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिदृक्षु (धातु: दृश्)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• मन्त्रौषधीभिः: with mantras and herbs/medicines
• मन्त्रौषधीभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रौषधि
• Form: feminine, instrumental, plural

• निरुजः: free from pain/disease
• निरुजः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरुज
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• विशल्यः: free of arrows/splinters (having the dart removed)
• विशल्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशल्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mantra (incantations)
• auṣadhi (medicinal herbs)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a setting governed by violence and duty, the tradition affirms the ethical value of relieving suffering: knowledge (mantra) and practical care (medicine) are portrayed as restoring wholeness and dignity to the wounded.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that someone quickly approaches, eager to see a warrior who has been made pain-free and had the embedded shaft removed through the use of mantras and medicinal herbs.