Shloka 38

बभ्रुवाहन-धनंजययोः संग्रामः

Babhruvāhana and Dhanaṃjaya’s engagement at Maṇipūra

Devanagari script

एष प्रसाद्य शिरसा प्रशमार्थमरिंदम

Transliteration

eṣa prasādya śirasā praśamārtham ariṃdama

Translation

Yumukod siya at ibinaba ang ulo sa mapitagang pagpapasakop, at hinangad niyang makamit ang pabor upang maghatid ng pagpapatahimik—O manlulupig ng mga kaaway—upang mapawi ang galit at maibalik ang pagkakasundo.

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man/person)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रसाद्य: having pleased/propitiated
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√सद् (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having pleased / having propitiated

• शिरसा: with (his) head; by bowing the head
• शिरसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रशम-अर्थम्: for pacification/appeasement (as the purpose)
• प्रशम-अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशम (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अरिंदम: foe-subduer (vocative/epithet used as address; form here accusative)
• अरिंदम: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिंदम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana (speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ethical method of resolving conflict: humility (bowing the head) and respectful appeasement are presented as means to achieve praśama—calming hostility and restoring order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes someone approaching another with deference, bowing his head to propitiate him, specifically to bring about pacification and end agitation or anger in the situation.