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Shloka 3

गान्धारीपुत्रोत्पत्तिः — The Birth of Gāndhārī’s Hundred Sons (and Yuyutsu); Omens and Counsel on Succession

Devanagari script

स आश्रमपदद्धारि वृक्षमूले महातपा: । ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्महायोगी तस्थौ मौनव्रतान्वित:

Transliteration

sa āśramapadaddhāri vṛkṣamūle mahātapāḥ | ūrdhvabāhur mahāyogī tasthau maunavratānvitāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Ở ngay cửa am thất của mình, dưới gốc một cây, vị khổ hạnh vĩ đại ấy—một yogin lỗi lạc—đứng với hai tay giơ cao, giữ lời nguyện im lặng và thực hành những khổ hạnh nghiêm khắc.

Word by Word

सःhe

आश्रमपदद्वारिat the door of the hermitage-place

वृक्षमूलेat the root of a tree

महातपाःthe great ascetic

ऊर्ध्वबाहुःwith arms raised upward

महायोगीthe great yogin

तस्थौstood

मौनव्रतान्वितःendowed with the vow of silence

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

āśrama (hermitage)

vṛkṣa (tree)

mauna-vrata (vow of silence)

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 tapas and restraint as ethical disciplines: silence (mauna) and bodily endurance (standing with raised arms) symbolize mastery over speech and senses, presenting ascetic self-control as a path to spiritual authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a great ascetic at his hermitage entrance, standing beneath a tree with arms raised, maintaining a vow of silence while performing intense austerities—setting the scene for the rishi’s spiritual stature and the events connected to him.