Shloka 39

Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections

Devanagari script

प्रत्युवाच तत: सा त॑ ब्राह्म॒णं चारुदर्शना

Transliteration

pratyuvāca tataḥ sā taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ cārudarśanā

Translation

تب وہ خوش رُو عورت اس برہمن کو جواب دینے لگی—اور اس کے کلام سے گفتگو کی سمت آگے بڑھ گئی۔

Word by Word

• प्रत्युवाच: replied / spoke in return
• प्रत्युवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√वच्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), परोक्षभूत (perfect), 3, singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• तं: him
• तं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• ब्राह्मणं: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• चारुदर्शना: of lovely appearance
• चारुदर्शना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु-दर्शन
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• brāhmaṇa
• cārudarśanā (a fair-looking woman)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a narrative hinge: it foregrounds the ethical weight of speech and response in dharma-discourse, indicating that the woman’s forthcoming reply will carry interpretive and moral significance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports that a fair-looking woman begins her reply to a brāhmaṇa, signaling the continuation of a dialogue or counsel scene within the Shalya Parva episode.