Shloka 3

Devanagari script

द्वारवत्यां समासीन पुरा मां कुरुनन्दन । प्रद्युम्न: परिपप्रच्छ ब्राह्म॒णैः परिकोपित:

Transliteration

Dvāravatyāṃ samāsīnaḥ purā māṃ Kurunandana | Pradyumnaḥ paripapraccha brāhmaṇaiḥ parikopitaḥ ||

Translation

伐由说道：“库鲁之欢悦者啊，久远以前，当我居于堕罗伐底之时，我的儿子普拉丢摩那——因某些婆罗门挑衅而怒起——前来问我。”

Word by Word

• द्वारवत्याम्: in Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• द्वारवत्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• समासीनः: seated
• समासीनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समासीन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly, once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुरुनन्दन: O descendant/delighter of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिपप्रच्छ: asked (repeatedly/earnestly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ब्राह्मणैः: by Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• परिकोपितः: angered, provoked
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिकोपित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Pradyumna
• Kurunandana (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse sets up an ethical lesson by foregrounding a moment of provoked anger involving brāhmaṇas; it implies the importance of restraint, proper conduct toward revered persons, and seeking guidance through respectful inquiry rather than acting from wrath.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu begins a past episode: while in Dvāravatī, Pradyumna—angered after being provoked by brāhmaṇas—approaches Vāyu and asks him a question, introducing the instruction that follows.