Shloka 12

Adhyāya 32: Tāpasānāṃ Darśanaṃ — Ascetics Seek to Identify the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

ततो विसर्जयामास लोकांस्तान्‌ मुनिपुज्गव:

Transliteration

tato visarjayāmāsa lokāṁs tān munipuṅgavaḥ | sa-rathāḥ sa-dhvajāś caiva svāni veśmāni bhejire ||

Translation

于是，诸仙之最的毗耶娑遣散众生，使其各归其界。众人连同战车与旌旗一并启程，回到各自的居处。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• विसर्जयामास: dismissed, sent away
• Type: Verb
• Root: विसृज्
• Form: Lakara: लिट् (परस्मैपदम्), Person: 3, Number: singular

• लोकान्: worlds/people (here: those people/folk)
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Gender: masculine, Case: accusative, Number: plural

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Gender: masculine, Case: accusative, Number: plural

• मुनिपुङ्गवः: the foremost of sages
• मुनिपुङ्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनिपुङ्गव
• Form: Gender: masculine, Case: nominative, Number: singular

• सरथाः: with chariots
• सरथाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरथ
• Form: Gender: masculine, Case: nominative, Number: plural

• सध्वजाः: with banners/standards
• सध्वजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सध्वज
• Form: Gender: masculine, Case: nominative, Number: plural

• एव: indeed, just, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya

• स्वानि: their own
• स्वानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Gender: neuter, Case: accusative, Number: plural

• वेश्मानि: homes, dwellings
• वेश्मानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन्
• Form: Gender: neuter, Case: accusative, Number: plural

• भेजिरे: resorted to, went to, entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज्
• Form: Lakara: लिट् (आत्मनेपदम्), Person: 3, Number: plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• munipuṅgava (Vyāsa, by epithet/context)
• lokāḥ (realms/worlds)
• ratha (chariot)
• dhvaja (banner/standard)
• veśman (abode/dwelling)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights restoration of proper order (dharma) through disciplined closure: under a sage’s guidance, beings do not linger in disorder but return to their rightful realms and duties, suggesting that even extraordinary events must conclude with restraint and rightful placement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the foremost sage dismisses the assembled beings, and they depart—along with their chariots and banners—back to their own abodes/realms, marking a formal dispersal and transition to the next phase of the story.