Shloka 34

Devanagari script

त॑ं ददर्श यवक्रीतो यत्नवन्तं निबन्धने । प्रहसंश्चाब्रवीद्‌ वाक्यमिदं स मुनिपुड्गभवः,मुनिवर यवक्रीतने देखा, ब्राह्मण देवता पुल बाँधनेके लिये बड़े यत्नशील हैं, तब उन्होंने हँसते हुए इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

taṁ dadarśa yavakrīto yatnavantaṁ nibandhane | prahasaṁś cābravīd vākyam idaṁ sa munipuṅgavaḥ ||

Translation

యవక్రీతుడు అతనిని సేతు బంధనంలో ఎంతో యత్నిస్తున్నవాడిగా చూచెను; అప్పుడు ఆ మునిపుంగవుడు నవ్వుతూ ఈ మాటలు పలికెను.

Word by Word

तम्him

ददर्शsaw

यवक्रीतःYavakrīta

यत्नवन्तम्striving, making effort

निबन्धनेin/at the binding (act/place)

प्रहसन्laughing

चand

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

वाक्यम्speech, words

इदम्this

सःhe

मुनिपुङ्गवःbull among sages, foremost sage

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yavakrīta

munipuṅgava (a foremost sage)

nibandhana (act/object of binding, i.e., a fastening/rope/bond)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames an ethical contrast: mere external exertion in an act (here, binding) is not the whole of dharma; the manner of one’s speech and attitude—especially mockery from a learned person—also carries moral weight and can foreshadow wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yavakrīta notices someone intensely engaged in binding something/someone. Seeing this effort, he laughs or smiles and begins to speak—introducing a dialogue that will develop the episode’s moral and narrative conflict.