Shloka 38

ययातेर्वानप्रस्थतपःस्वर्गारोहणम् | Yayāti’s Vānaprastha Austerities and Ascent to Heaven

Devanagari script

सम्पूजितश्न शुक्रेण दैत्यैश्न नृपसत्तम: । जगाम स्वपुरं हृष्टोडनुज्ञातो5थ महात्मना,शुक्राचार्यसे देवयानी-जैसी उत्तम कन्या, शर्मिष्ठा और दो हजार अन्य कन्याओं तथा महान्‌ वैभवको पाकर दैत्यों एवं शुक्राचार्यसे पूजित हो, उन महात्माकी आज्ञा ले नृपश्रेष्ठ ययाति बड़े हर्षके साथ अपनी राजधानीको गये

Transliteration

sampūjitaś ca śukreṇa daityaiś ca nṛpasattamaḥ | jagāma svapuraṃ hṛṣṭo 'nujñāto 'tha mahātmanā ||

Translation

శుక్రాచార్యునిచే మరియు దైత్యులచే గౌరవింపబడిన నృపశ్రేష్ఠుడు యయాతి, ఆ మహాత్ముని అనుమతి పొంది హర్షంతో తన నగరానికి వెళ్లెను.

Word by Word

सम्पूजितःhonoured, duly worshipped

शुक्रेणby Śukra (Śukrācārya)

दैत्यैःby the Daityas (demons)

नृपसत्तमःthe best of kings

जगामwent

स्वपुरम्to his own city

हृष्टःdelighted

अनुज्ञातःhaving been permitted / with permission granted

अथthen

महात्मनाby the great-souled one

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śukra (Śukrācārya)

Daityas

Yayāti

svapura (his capital/city)

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?

Legitimate action is marked by proper honour and formal permission: a king should move forward with the sanction of elders/teachers and with social recognition, not by coercion. The verse highlights decorum (maryādā) and the ethical weight of an authorized departure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that King Yayāti, having been honoured by Śukra and the Daityas and having obtained the preceptor’s leave, sets out happily for his own capital—signaling the close of his stay among the Daityas and a return to royal duties.