Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ददौ तत: कुमाराणां विस्मितानामविस्मित: । मुद्रिकामुद्धूतां दृष्टवा तमाहुस्ते कुमारका:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--तब महायशस्वी द्रोणने धनुष-बाण लेकर बाणसे उस अँगूठीको बींध दिया और उसे ऊपर निकाल लिया। शक्तिशाली द्रोणने इस प्रकार कुएँसे बाणसहित अँगूठी निकालकर उन आश्वर्यचकित कुमारोंके हाथमें दे दी; किंतु वे स्वयं तनिक भी विस्मित नहीं हुए। उस अँगूठीको कुएँसे निकाली हुई देखकर उन कुमारोंने द्रोणसे कहा

Transliteration

dadau tataḥ kumārāṇāṁ vismitānām avismitaḥ | mudrikām uddhūtāṁ dṛṣṭvā tam āhus te kumārakāḥ | vaiśampāyana uvāca |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：那时，王子们惊愕不已，而他却神色不动，将戒指交给了他们。见戒指已从井中牵出，那些少年王子便对他说道。

Word by Word

ददौgave

ततःthen, thereafter

कुमाराणाम्of the boys/princes

विस्मितानाम्of the astonished (ones)

अविस्मितःunastonished, unperturbed

मुद्रिकाम्ring

उद्धूताम्lifted out, drawn up

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

तम्him

आहुःsaid

तेthey

कुमारकाःthe boys (young princes)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

kumārāḥ/kumārakāḥ (the princes/young boys)

mudrikā (signet-ring)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Composure is a mark of true mastery: the accomplished teacher performs difficult acts without vanity, while students learn to recognize excellence and respond with respectful inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

After retrieving the signet-ring from the well, the unperturbed teacher hands it to the astonished princes; seeing the recovered ring, the boys then speak to him.