Shloka 5

Devanagari script

स त्वं सात्वतमुख्याद्य लब्धसंज्ञो यदृच्छया । पश्य मे हयसंयाने शिक्षां केशवनन्दन,'सात्वतवीरोंमें प्रधान केशवनन्दन! अब दैवेच्छासे आप सचेत हो गये हैं, अतः घोड़े हॉकनेकी कलामें मुझे कैसी उत्तम शिक्षा मिली है, उसे देखिये

Transliteration

sa tvaṁ sātvata-mukhyādya labdha-saṁjño yadṛcchayā | paśya me haya-saṁyāne śikṣāṁ keśava-nandana ||

Translation

โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐยิ่งในหมู่ชาวสาตวตะ โอ้กేశวนन्दน! เมื่อด้วยอำนาจแห่งชะตา บัดนี้ท่านได้คืนสติแล้ว จงทอดพระเนตรการฝึกที่ข้าได้มาในศิลปะแห่งการควบคุมและขับม้าเถิด

Word by Word

सःhe/that (you)

त्वम्you

सात्वत-मुख्यchief among the Sātvatas

अद्यtoday/now

लब्ध-संज्ञःhaving regained consciousness

यदृच्छयाby chance; as it happened

पश्यsee; behold

मेmy

हय-संयानेin the driving/handling of horses

शिक्षाम्instruction; training

केशव-नन्दनO son of Keśava

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (speaker)

Keśava-nandana (addressed hero)

Sātvatas (clan/lineage)

horses

horse-driving/harnessing (haya-saṁyāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links regained awareness with disciplined competence: clarity of mind should express itself through trained, controlled action. It also hints that fortune (yadṛcchā/daiva) may restore one’s condition, but excellence is demonstrated through cultivated skill.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses a leading Sātvata hero (called Keśava-nandana), noting that he has become conscious again by fate’s turn, and invites him to observe the speaker’s acquired expertise in managing and driving horses.