Shloka 26

Devanagari script

इडोपहूता: क्रोशन्ति कुञ्जरास्त्वंकुशेरिता: । व्याघुष्टतलनादेन वषट्कारेण पार्थिव

Transliteration

iḍopahūtāḥ krośanti kuñjarās tvaṅkuśeritāḥ | vyāghuṣṭa-tala-nādena vaṣaṭkāreṇa pārthiva

Translation

అంబరీషుడు పలికెను— ఓ రాజా! ఇడా-ఆహ్వానంతో పిలువబడి, అంకుశంతో నడిపించబడిన ఏనుగులు పెద్దగా కేకలు వేస్తాయి; చేతుల మోగుడు ప్రతిధ్వని, ‘వషట్’ అనే యజ్ఞోచ్చారణతో కలసి ఆ దృశ్యం కలకలంతో నిండిపోతుంది.

Word by Word

इडोपहूताःinvoked by the iḍā (sacrificial call/rite)

क्रोशन्तिcry out, roar

कुञ्जराःelephants

त्वम्you

अङ्कुशेरिताःdriven/urged by the goad

व्याघुष्टतलनादेनwith the resounding noise of the palms (clapping)

वषट्कारेणwith the vaṣaṭ-cry (ritual exclamation)

पार्थिवO king

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ambarīṣa

pārthiva (king)

kuñjara (elephants)

aṅkuśa (elephant-goad)

vaṣaṭkāra (ritual exclamation)

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?

The verse highlights how royal and ritual settings can become charged with noise and display—elephants driven by control (aṅkuśa) and crowds invoking ritual cries—suggesting the power and danger of spectacle, and implicitly the need for disciplined governance and restraint amid commotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ambarīṣa addresses a king and describes a vivid scene: elephants, called forth and prodded by goads, are trumpeting, while loud clapping/striking sounds and the ritual shout ‘vaṣaṭ’ add to the din, portraying a bustling ceremonial or courtly environment.