Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यो नो द्वेशाारमादाय श्येनराज प्रधावसि । भव त्वं दिवमास्थाय निरमित्रो हिरण्मय:,'श्येनराज! तुम मेरे शत्रुको लेकर उड़े जा रहे हो, इसलिये स्वर्गमें जानेपर तुम्हारा शरीर सोनेका हो जाय और तुम्हारे कोई शत्रु न रह जाय”

Transliteration

yo no dveṣāram ādāya śyenarāja pradhāvasi | bhava tvaṃ divam āsthāya niramitro hiraṇmayaḥ ||

Translation

హే శ్యేనరాజా! మా శత్రువును తీసుకొని నీవు వేగంగా దూసుకుపోతున్నావు; కాబట్టి స్వర్గాన్ని పొందిన తరువాత నీవు శత్రువులేని వాడవు కావాలి, నీ దేహం స్వర్ణమయమగుగాక.

Word by Word

यःwho

नःof us / our

द्वेषारम्hater; enemy

आदायhaving taken

श्येनराजO king of hawks

प्रधावसिyou run/fly forth; you speed away

भवbe (may you become)

त्वम्you

दिवम्heaven

आस्थायhaving reached/ascended; having resorted to

निरमित्रःwithout enemies

हिरण्मयःgolden; made of gold

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Śyenarāja (king of hawks)

diva (heaven/sky)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid hostility, the speaker’s response is framed as a benediction: the wish is not for further harm but for the end of enmity (niramitra) and for a higher, purified state (divam āsthāya), suggesting an ethical ideal of transcending hatred rather than perpetuating it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana reports a scene where the “king of hawks” is rushing away carrying an enemy of the speaker’s side. In response, the speaker pronounces a boon-like statement: may the hawk attain heaven, become golden-bodied, and have no enemies.