Shloka 8
Adhyāya 32: Rājasūya-Dīkṣā and Appointment of Court Offices (राजसूयदीक्षा तथा अधिकारविनियोगः)
Devanagari script
पुनश्न परिवृत्याथ पुष्करारण्यवासिन:
Transliteration
punaś ca parivṛtyātha puṣkarāraṇyavāsinaḥ
Translation
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—پھر وہ ایک بار پھر پلٹ کر مڑے؛ پُشکر کے جنگل کے باشندے رخ بدل کر آگے بڑھے۔
Word by Word
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
परिवृत्यhaving turned back / having returned
परिवृत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि√वृत्
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable; action prior to main verb
अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
पुष्करारण्यवासिनःthe dwellers of the Pushkara forest
पुष्करारण्यवासिनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्करारण्य-वासिन्
FormMasculine, nominative, plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaP
Puṣkara forest (Puṣkarāraṇya)P
Puṣkarāraṇyavāsinaḥ (dwellers of Puṣkara forest)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moment of deliberate reversal—an intentional turning back—suggesting that choices can be revisited and corrected; ethical action often involves reassessing one’s direction when circumstances or understanding change.
The narrator marks a transition: certain people associated with the Puṣkara forest are described as turning back again, indicating a return or change of route before the story proceeds to the next development.