Shloka 323

Devanagari script

अवज्ञायैव तां वाचं पीत्वैव निपपात ह । उसके ऐसा कहनेपर कुन्तीपुत्र सव्यसाची धनंजय उसके वचनोंकी अवहेलना करके जल पीने लगे और पीते ही अचेत होकर गिर पड़े

Transliteration

avajñāyaiva tāṃ vācaṃ pītvāiva nipapāta ha |

Translation

یَکش کی تنبیہ کو نظرانداز کرکے کُنتی پُتر سَویَساچی دھننجے نے وہ پانی پی لیا؛ اور پیتے ہی وہ بےہوش ہو کر زمین پر گر پڑا۔

Word by Word

• अवज्ञाय: by/with contempt, with disregard
• अवज्ञाय: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ताम्: that (her/that) [object]
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वाचम्: speech, words
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for ktvā)

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• निपपात: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• Arjuna (Kuntīputra, Savyasācī, Dhanañjaya)
• water

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disregarding a serious and rightful warning (avajñā) leads to immediate harm; dharma here emphasizes restraint, humility, and listening before acting—especially when one’s desire (thirst) pressures judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Yakṣa episode at the forest lake, Arjuna (called Kuntīputra, Savyasācī, Dhanañjaya) ignores the Yakṣa’s words and drinks; as soon as he drinks, he falls unconscious, like the others who failed the test.