Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तैरेव सहितो राज्ञो वेश्म तूर्णमुपाद्रवत्‌ । दर्शन राक्षसेन्द्रस्य कांक्षमाणो द्विजस्तदा,राक्षसराजके दर्शनकी इच्छा मनमें लिये वह ब्राह्मण उन सेवकोंके साथ शीघ्र ही राजमहलमें जा पहुँचा

Transliteration

taireva sahito rājño veśma tūrṇam upādravat | darśanaṁ rākṣasendrasya kāṅkṣamāṇo dvijas tadā ||

Translation

تب وہ برہمن انہی خادموں کے ساتھ فوراً بادشاہ کے محل کی طرف لپکا، کیونکہ اُس وقت وہ راکششوں کے سردار کی زیارت کا مشتاق تھا۔

Word by Word

• तैः: by/with them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सहितः: accompanied (together)
• सहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वेश्म: palace/house
• वेश्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम्

• उपाद्रवत्: ran up/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√द्रु (द्रवति)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दर्शनम्: sight/meeting
• दर्शनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राक्षस-इन्द्रस्य: of the lord of the Rakshasas
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस + इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• काङ्क्षमाणः: desiring
• काङ्क्षमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √काङ्क्ष्
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विजः: the Brahmin (twice-born)
• द्विजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• dvija (brahmin)
• rākṣasendra (lord of the rākṣasas)
• rājā (king)
• rājño veśma (royal palace)
• attendants/servants (implied by 'taiḥ')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights decisive action guided by a specific aim (seeking darśana/audience). Ethically, it points to how intention and resolve propel conduct, even when one approaches a formidable or morally ambiguous authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brahmin, accompanied by the same attendants, quickly goes to the king’s palace because he wishes to see (gain an audience with) the rākṣasa-lord.