Shloka 27

Devanagari script

उपेत्य चाश्रमं वीरा: सर्व एव गतकक्‍्लमा: । आरणेयं ददुस्तस्मै ब्राह्णाय तपस्विने

Transliteration

upetya cāśramaṃ vīrāḥ sarva eva gataklamāḥ | āraṇeyaṃ dadus tasmai brāhmaṇāya tapasvine ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—جب وہ سورما آشرم میں پہنچے تو سب کے سب تھکن سے آزاد ہو گئے۔ پھر انہوں نے اُس تپسوی برہمن کو، دھرم کے مطابق موزوں نذرانے کے طور پر، ‘آرَنیَیَ’ پیش کیا۔

Word by Word

• उपेत्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ (धातु: इ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), कर्तरि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीराः: heroes
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• गतक्लमाः: whose fatigue was gone (rested)
• गतक्लमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतक्लम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आरणेयम्: Āraṇeya (a proper name)
• आरणेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरणेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ददुः: they gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणाय: to the brahmin
• ब्राह्मणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तपस्विने: to the ascetic
• तपस्विने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• vīrāḥ (the heroes)
• āśrama (hermitage)
• brāhmaṇa tapasvin (ascetic brāhmaṇa)
• āraṇeya (forest-gift/tribute)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma through respectful conduct toward ascetics: after arriving safely and regaining strength, the heroes honor a tapasvin brāhmaṇa with an appropriate offering, reflecting gratitude, humility, and the ethical duty of dāna.

What is happening in the narrative?

The heroes reach a hermitage, recover from their exertion, and then present a forest-appropriate gift (āraṇeya) to an ascetic brāhmaṇa, marking a courteous and dharmic interaction within the forest setting of the Vana Parva.