Shloka 52

Droṇa’s Ācārya-Dakṣiṇā: Capture of Drupada and Division of Pāñcāla (द्रोण-आचार्यदक्षिणा)

Devanagari script

वाहयित्वा कुमारांस्ताञ्जलक्रीडागतांस्तदा । प्रमाणकोट्यां वासार्थी सुष्वापावाप्य तत्‌ स्थलम्‌

Transliteration

vāhayitvā kumārāṁs tāñ jalakrīḍāgatāṁs tadā | pramāṇakoṭyāṁ vāsārthī suṣvāpa āvāpy tat sthalam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Dẫn theo những thiếu niên đã đến để vui đùa dưới nước, rồi vì muốn tìm chỗ nghỉ, chàng bước vào ngôi nhà tại Pramāṇakoṭī và nằm xuống ngủ ở một góc nơi ấy. Cảnh này nhắc rằng những nhu cầu thường tình—nghỉ ngơi và nương náu—cũng có thể mở đầu cho những biến cố lớn; và sự cẩn trọng trong chốn chung là một phần của đạo lý.

Word by Word

• वाहयित्वा: having caused to carry / having led (along)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense), non-finite

• कुमारान्: boys, youths
• कुमारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• जलक्रीडागतान्: come for water-sport
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जलक्रीडागत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle) from √गम्

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

• प्रमाणकोट्याम्: in (the place/house called) Pramāṇakoṭi
• प्रमाणकोट्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाणकोटि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वासार्थी: desiring lodging/rest
• वासार्थी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासार्थिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुष्वाप: slept
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आप्य: having reached/obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), non-finite

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्थलम्: place, spot
• स्थलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• kumārāḥ (boys)
• Pramāṇakoṭī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even routine actions like seeking rest and shelter carry ethical weight: one should be mindful of others and of the consequences that can arise from carelessness in shared or unfamiliar places.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that someone brought the boys who had come for water-play, went to the house at Pramāṇakoṭī to rest, and fell asleep there at a particular spot.