Shloka 15

दक्षिणदिशि तीर्थवर्णनम्

Southern Tīrthas: Godāvarī to Dvāravatī

Devanagari script

अलं स तेषां सर्वेषामिति मे धीयते मति: । नास्ति त्वतिकृतार्थानां रणे5रीणां प्रतिक्रिया

Transliteration

alaṁ sa teṣāṁ sarveṣām iti me dhīyate matiḥ | nāsti tv atikṛtārthānāṁ raṇe 'rīṇāṁ pratikriyā ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “Sapat na—ganyan ang hatol ng aking isip—ang lahat ng kanilang pagsisikap. Sapagkat sa digmaan, walang mabisang panlaban sa mga kaaway na lumampas na sa hangganan at nagpakalabis.”

Word by Word

अलम्enough; sufficient

सःhe

तेषाम्of them

सर्वेषाम्of all

इतिthus; saying

मेmy; of me

धीयेतेit is thought; it occurs (to me)

मतिःthought; opinion

नnot

अस्तिis; exists

तुbut; however

अतिकृतार्थानाम्of those who have done more than enough; over-accomplished

रणेin battle

अरीणाम्of enemies

प्रतिक्रियाcounter-action; retaliation; response

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses moral and practical limits: when opponents have already crossed bounds and committed excess, ordinary ‘responses’ or remedies in battle may no longer work; one must recognize when restraint or a decisive change of course is required rather than routine retaliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana offers an evaluative remark—his considered judgment—about the situation in a conflict: he declares that enough has been done and observes that, in the battlefield context, there is no straightforward countermeasure against enemies who have become excessively transgressive.