Shloka 30

Devanagari script

ततः स मृगयामास वने तस्मिंस्तपोधन: । नाध्यगच्छच्च मृगयंस्तां गां मुनिरुदारधी:,तब तपोधन वसिष्ठजी उस वनमें गायकी खोज करने लगे; परंतु खोजनेपर भी वे उदारबुद्धि महर्षि उस गायको न पा सके

Transliteration

tataḥ sa mṛgayāmāsa vane tasmiṃs tapodhanaḥ | nādhyagacchac ca mṛgayan tāṃ gāṃ munir udāradhīḥ ||

Translation

Bấy giờ vị ẩn sĩ giàu công khổ hạnh ấy bắt đầu tìm kiếm trong khu rừng. Nhưng dù tìm mãi, bậc hiền triết có trí tuệ cao quý vẫn không sao thấy được con bò ấy.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

मृगयामासsearched (hunted)

वनेin the forest

तस्मिन्in that

तपोधनःthe ascetic (one whose wealth is austerity)

नnot

अध्यगच्छत्found, obtained

चand

मृगयन्searching

ताम्that (her)

गाम्cow

मुनिःsage

उदारधीःof noble intellect

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

muni (the sage)

gā (the cow)

vana (forest)

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?

The verse highlights the dharmic temperament of an ascetic: when faced with loss, he persists in rightful effort without slipping into agitation or wrongdoing, embodying steadiness, patience, and self-restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that the ascetic sage searches through the forest for a particular cow, but despite continued effort he is unable to locate it.