Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तत: प्रमुदित: सर्वो जनस्तद्‌ वनमञठ्जसा | विवेश सुमहानादैरापूर्य भरतर्षभ,भरतभूषण! इससे उन सब लोगोंको बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई। उन्होंने उस वनमें महान्‌ कोलाहल फैलाते हुए अनायास ही प्रवेश किया

Transliteration

tataḥ pramuditaḥ sarvo janastad vanam añjasā | viveśa sumahānādair āpūrya bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—ఓ భరతశ్రేష్ఠా! అప్పుడు సమస్త ప్రజలు పరమానందంతో నిండిపోయి, గొప్ప గొప్ప నాదాలతో ఆ వనాన్ని మార్మోగింపజేస్తూ, సులభంగా ఆ అడవిలో ప్రవేశించిరి।

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

प्रमुदितःdelighted, very pleased

सर्वःall (entire)

जनःpeople, populace

तत्that

वनम्forest

अञ्जसाeasily, readily, without difficulty

विवेशentered

सुमहान्very great

आनादैःwith loud sounds/cries

आपूर्यfilling, having filled (the quarters/space)

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

भरतभूषणO ornament of the Bharatas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

the people (janaḥ)

the forest (vanam)

Bharatarṣabha (address to Janamejaya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 how collective emotion can surge into public action: joy and excitement can quickly become loud, outward display. Ethically, it suggests attentiveness to how crowds behave—enthusiasm may be natural, yet it can also overwhelm the quiet dignity appropriate to forest-dwelling and ascetic settings.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a preceding development, the gathered people become very pleased and, raising loud cries and commotion, they enter the forest without difficulty. The line marks a transition from settled space to the forest setting central to the Āśramavāsika narrative.