Shloka 30

Devanagari script

ततः कदाचित तांस्तत्र पश्यन्‌ पक्षीन्‌ यतव्रतः । बभूव परमप्रीतस्तदा मतिमतां वर:

Transliteration

tataḥ kadācit tāṁs tatra paśyan pakṣīn yatavrataḥ | babhūva paramaprītas tadā matimatāṁ varaḥ ||

Translation

తరువాత ఒకనాడు అక్కడ ఆ రెక్కలున్న పిల్లలు ఎగిరిపోతూ కనిపించగా, నియమబద్ధంగా వ్రతాన్ని ఆచరించే బుద్ధిమంతులలో శ్రేష్ఠుడైన జాజలి పరమానందాన్ని పొందాడు।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कदाचित्: once/sometime
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित्

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पक्षीन्: birds
• पक्षीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यतव्रतः: one of restrained vows/observing a disciplined vow
• यतव्रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यतव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बभूव: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परमप्रीतः: extremely pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमप्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then/at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• मतिमताम्: of the intelligent/wise
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मतिमत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: the best/excellent one
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Jājali
• birds (parents)
• young birds (offspring)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disciplined observance of vows (saṁyama and vrata) supports a life where beings can flourish without fear; joy arises not from possession or harm, but from restraint and harmonious coexistence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Jājali, steadfast in his vows, watches the birds’ young grow and fly. He feels deep happiness, and the parent birds, pleased at their offspring’s maturity, remain there fearlessly with their young.