Shloka 17

युद्धसंग्रहः

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Devanagari script

विवेश च प्रह्ृष्टात्मा चिरकालप्रवासत:

Transliteration

viveśa ca prahṛṣṭātmā cirakālapravāsataḥ

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：他在久别家园、长途漂泊之后，怀着满心欢喜走了进去——这次归来象征着艰辛的消解，也象征着在漫长离散之后正当秩序的复归。

Word by Word

• विवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रहृष्टात्मा: one whose heart/soul was delighted
• प्रहृष्टात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्टात्मन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चिरकालप्रवासतः: from a long period of exile/sojourn
• चिरकालप्रवासतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिरकालप्रवास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and emotional significance of returning after prolonged absence: endurance through hardship culminates in restoration and renewed stability, a motif often aligned with dharma’s re-establishment after disruption.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator, Vaiśampāyana, describes a person entering a place joyfully after a long period of living away—marking a homecoming or return to one’s rightful setting following extended separation.