Shloka 7

Nahūṣa as Ajagara: Virtue Hierarchy, Karmic Gati, and the Psychology of Mind–Intellect

Devanagari script

समेत्य राज्ञा वृषपर्वणा ते प्रत्यर्चितास्तेन च वीतमोहा: शशंसिरे विस्तरश: प्रवासं गिरौ यथावद्‌ वृषपर्वणस्ते

Transliteration

sametya rājñā vṛṣaparvaṇā te pratyarcitāstena ca vītamohāḥ | śaśaṃsire vistaraśaḥ pravāsaṃ girau yathāvad vṛṣaparvaṇaste ||

Translation

Gặp vua Vṛṣaparvan, họ được nhà vua tiếp đãi và tôn kính đúng lễ; khi mọi mê mờ đã tan, họ bẩm báo tường tận cuộc lưu trú trên núi—đúng như những gì đã xảy ra—lên chính Vṛṣaparvan.

Word by Word

• समेत्य: having met / after meeting
• समेत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इ (इङ्)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• राज्ञा: by/with the king
• राज्ञा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वृषपर्वणा: by/with Vṛṣaparvan
• वृषपर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रत्यर्चिताः: honoured / duly received
• प्रत्यर्चिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√अर्च्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेन: by him / by that (person)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• वीतमोहाः: freed from delusion
• वीतमोहाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीत-मोह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शशंसिरे: they related / they recounted
• शशंसिरे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शंस्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), आत्मनेपद, Third, Plural

• विस्तरशः: in detail
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तरशस्

• प्रवासम्: the sojourn / exile
• प्रवासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गिरौ: on/in the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यथावत्: properly / as it was
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्

• वृषपर्वणः: of Vṛṣaparvan
• वृषपर्वणः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vṛṣaparvan
• the unnamed group referred to as 'te' (they)
• mountain (giri)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical speech and social order: after receiving proper hospitality from a ruler, one should respond with clear-minded, truthful, and complete reporting (yathāvat, vistaraśaḥ), showing gratitude and integrity rather than confusion or concealment.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group meets King Vṛṣaparvan, is respectfully received, and then recounts to him—accurately and in detail—the events of their stay on a mountain, with their earlier uncertainty now removed.