Shloka 7

Kuntī’s Retrospective Uddharṣaṇa and Renunciatory Resolve (कुन्त्युद्धर्षण-प्रत्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

उन्होंने उत्तर दिया--'प्रभो! वे यमुनामें स्नान करने, फूल लाने और पानीका घड़ा भरनेके लिये गये हुए हैं' ।।

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tair ākhyātena mārgeṇa tatas te jagmur añjasā | dadṛśuś cāvidūre tān sarvān atha padātayaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：他们循着所指示的道路，徒步疾行。才走不远，便看见那一行人从近处迎面而来。

Word by Word

• तैराख्यातेन: by the (thus) indicated
• तैराख्यातेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैर-आख्यात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मार्गेण: by the path/route
• मार्गेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural

• अञ्जसा: straightaway/easily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अञ्जसा (अव्यय/निपात)

• ददृशुः: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• अविदूरे: not far away/nearby
• अविदूरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तान्: those (persons)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• पदातयः: foot-soldiers/men on foot
• पदातयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yamunā (implied by the prose context)
• mārga (path/route)
• ghaṭa/kalaśa (water-pot; implied by the prose context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in hardship and withdrawal from royal life, dharma is sustained through orderly, humble duties—bathing, collecting flowers, and fetching water—showing restraint, cleanliness, and continuity of righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being told the route, the group walks quickly along that path and soon sees the others returning nearby—those who had gone out for routine tasks connected with the Yamunā and daily needs.