Shloka 12

धृतराष्ट्र–दुर्योधन संवादः

Vāraṇāvata-vivāsana-nīti: Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Duryodhana’s Policy Dialogue

Devanagari script

धनुश्न सशरं त्यक्त्वा तथा कृष्णाजिनानि च । स विहायाश्रमं तं च तां चैवाप्सरसं मुनि:,वे मुनि बाणसहित धनुष, काला मृगचर्म, वह आश्रम और वह अप्सरा--सबको वहीं छोड़कर वहाँसे चल दिये। उनका वह वीर्य सरकंडेके समुदाय-पर गिर पड़ा। राजन! वहाँ गिरनेपर उनका वीर्य दो भागोंमें बँट गया

Transliteration

dhanuḥ saśaraṃ tyaktvā tathā kṛṣṇājināni ca | sa vihāyāśramaṃ taṃ ca tāṃ caivāpsarasaṃ muniḥ ||

Translation

ఆ ముని బాణాలతో కూడిన ధనుస్సును, అలాగే కృష్ణాజినాలను విడిచిపెట్టి, ఆ ఆశ్రమాన్ని మరియు ఆ అప్సరసను కూడా వదలి అక్కడి నుండి బయలుదేరెను.

Word by Word

धनुःbow

सशरम्together with arrows

त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned

तथाlikewise

कृष्णाजिनानिblack antelope-skins

चand

सःhe

विहायhaving left behind

आश्रमम्hermitage

तम्that

चand

ताम्her/that (f.)

चand

एवindeed/just

अप्सरसम्apsaras (celestial nymph)

मुनिःthe sage

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

muni (sage)

āśrama (hermitage)

apsaras

dhanuḥ (bow)

śara (arrows)

kṛṣṇājina (black antelope-skin)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights vairāgya (detachment) and self-mastery: when confronted with entangling objects—whether instruments of force (bow and arrows) or sensual allure (apsaras)—the dharmic response for an ascetic is to abandon attachment and return to disciplined restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that a sage leaves behind his bow with arrows, his black antelope-skins, the hermitage, and the apsaras, and departs—marking a turning point where he breaks from the setting and the temptation associated with it.