Shloka 30

नियोगप्रसङ्गः — The Niyoga Episode: Births of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura

Devanagari script

ततः स मृगयामास वने तस्मिंस्तपोधन: । नाध्यगच्छच्च मृगयंस्तां गां मुनिरुदारधी:,तब तपोधन वसिष्ठजी उस वनमें गायकी खोज करने लगे; परंतु खोजनेपर भी वे उदारबुद्धि महर्षि उस गायको न पा सके

Transliteration

tataḥ sa mṛgayāmāsa vane tasmiṃs tapodhanaḥ | nādhyagacchac ca mṛgayan tāṃ gāṃ munir udāradhīḥ ||

Translation

అప్పుడు తపోధనుడైన ఆ ముని ఆ వనంలో ఆవును వెతకసాగెను; అయినా వెతికినా ఉదారబుద్ధి గల ఆ ఋషి ఆ గోవును కనుగొనలేకపోయెను.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृगयामास: searched (hunted)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृगय्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तपोधनः: the ascetic (one whose wealth is austerity)
• तपोधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अध्यगच्छत्: found, obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-गम्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मृगयन्: searching
• मृगयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृगय्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ताम्: that (her)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गाम्: cow
• गाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदारधीः: of noble intellect
• उदारधीः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदारधी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• muni (the sage)
• gā (the cow)
• vana (forest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic temperament of an ascetic: when faced with loss, he persists in rightful effort without slipping into agitation or wrongdoing, embodying steadiness, patience, and self-restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that the ascetic sage searches through the forest for a particular cow, but despite continued effort he is unable to locate it.