Shloka 17
Devanagari script
अरण्यगमने बुद्धिर्गान्धारीसहितस्य मे,तेषामस्थिरबुद्धीनां लुब्धानां कामचारिणाम्
Transliteration
araṇyagamane buddhir gāndhārīsahitasya me, teṣām asthirabuddhīnāṁ lubdhānāṁ kāmacāriṇām
Translation
“గాంధారీతో కలిసి అరణ్యానికి వెళ్లాలని నా సంకల్పం ఏర్పడింది—వారిని చంచలబుద్ధులుగా, లోభులుగా, స్వేచ్ఛాచారులుగా చూసి.”
Word by Word
अरण्यगमनेin (the act of) going to the forest
अरण्यगमने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअरण्य-गमन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
बुद्धिःthe intention/resolve
बुद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
गान्धारीसहितस्यof me, accompanied by Gāndhārī
गान्धारीसहितस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootगान्धारी-सहित
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
मेof me / my
मे:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
तेषाम्of those (people)
तेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
अस्थिरबुद्धीनाम्of the fickle-minded
अस्थिरबुद्धीनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअस्थिर-बुद्धि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
लुब्धानाम्of the greedy
लुब्धानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootलुब्ध
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
कामचारिणाम्of those who act as they please
कामचारिणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootकामचारिन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaG
GāndhārīA
araṇya (forest)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
When society is marked by unstable judgment, greed, and desire-driven conduct, a dharmic response may be withdrawal from power and a turn toward restraint and renunciation, rather than participation in moral disorder.
The speaker reports a firm decision to go to the forest together with Gāndhārī, motivated by disillusionment with the conduct of certain people described as fickle-minded, greedy, and acting at the whim of desire.