Shloka 43

Devanagari script

अथ वकद्रिदृषिस्तेषां सारस्वतमुपेयिवान्‌

Transliteration

atha vakadr̥dṛṣis teṣāṃ sārasvatam upeyivān

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Rồi hiền giả Vakadr̥dṛṣi tiến đến gần Sārasvata trước mặt họ, bước về phía ngài, khi câu chuyện chuyển sang lời khuyên và sự can thiệp của các bậc tiên tri giữa cơn biến động của chiến tranh.

Word by Word

• अथ: then, now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• वकद्रिदृषिः: Vakadridṛṣi (a sage; proper name/epithet)
• वकद्रिदृषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वकद्रिदृषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सारस्वतम्: Sārasvata (Dvaipāyana/Vyāsa; or the sage Sārasvata), to him
• सारस्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारस्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपेयिवान्: having approached; approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ
• Form: क्वसुँ (perfect active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vakadr̥dṛṣi
• Sārasvata

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in the midst of conflict, the epic foregrounds the role of ṛṣis: moral and strategic clarity is sought through learned counsel, reminding listeners that dharma is preserved by guidance, restraint, and right discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports a shift of scene: the sage Vakadr̥dṛṣi goes to meet Sārasvata, indicating an impending exchange—typically advice, mediation, or a consequential instruction—set before the assembled parties (“of them”).