Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मासमेकं विजहुस्ते ससैन्यान्तःपुरा वने । अथ तत्रागमद्‌ व्यासो यथोक्त ते मयानघ

Transliteration

māsam ekaṁ vijahus te sa-sainyāntaḥpurā vane | atha tatrāgamad vyāso yathoktaḥ te mayānagha ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“整整一月，他们与军旅及内宫妇女同在林中停驻。其后，无垢者啊，正如我先前所言，维耶娑便来到那里。”

Word by Word

• मासम्: for a month
• मासम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विजहुः: they stayed/sojourned (spent time)
• विजहुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

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

• ससैन्य: with the army
• ससैन्य: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अन्तःपुरा: with the inner-apartments (harem/royal household)
• अन्तःपुरा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तःपुर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• आगमत्: came/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• उक्तः: told/said
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (उक्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• अनघ: O blameless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vyāsa
• forest (vana)
• army/troops (sainya)
• antaḥpura (royal inner household/women)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores a dharmic transition: after worldly upheaval, life moves toward restraint and reflection in the forest, and guidance from a realized sage (Vyāsa) becomes pivotal for ethical clarity and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The group has been living in the forest for a month, accompanied by their forces and the women of the royal household; at that point Vyāsa arrives, fulfilling what the narrator had earlier indicated.