Shloka 37

Devanagari script

जगाम तेषां सा रात्रि: पुण्या रतिविहारिणाम्‌ । स्तूयमानाश्व विश्रान्ता: काले निद्रामथात्यजन्‌,उनकी वह पुण्यमयी रात्रि रति-विलासपूर्वक समाप्त हुई। प्रातःकाल बन्दीजनोंके द्वारा स्तुति सुनते हुए पूर्ण विश्रामके पश्चात्‌ उन्होंने निद्राका त्याग किया

Transliteration

jagāma teṣāṃ sā rātriḥ puṇyā rativihāriṇām | stūyamānāś ca viśrāntāḥ kāle nidrām athātyajan ||

Translation

یوں رتی کے کھیل میں مشغول اُن کی وہ مبارک رات گزر گئی۔ پھر صبح کے وقت درباری مدّاحوں کی ثنا سن کر، پوری طرح آرام پا لینے کے بعد، مناسب گھڑی آنے پر انہوں نے نیند ترک کی۔

Word by Word

जगामwent; passed

तेषाम्of them

साthat

रात्रिःnight

पुण्याauspicious, holy

रति-विहारिणाम्of those sporting in love

स्तूयमानाःbeing praised

चand

विश्रान्ताःrested, refreshed

कालेat the time (in due time)

निद्राम्sleep

अथthen

अत्यजन्abandoned, gave up

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

rātri (night)

bandin/stutakāra (court-bards/panegyrists)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in scenes of pleasure, the epic frames royal conduct as regulated by kāla (proper time) and public responsibility: rest and enjoyment are followed by timely awakening and the formal duties of court life.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that the night passed auspiciously for those engaged in amorous recreation; at dawn, after resting, they awaken at the proper time while hearing the praises sung by court-bards.