Shloka 2

पाण्डव-वृष्णि-समागमः तथा अश्वमेध-अनुज्ञा | Reunion at the Kuru Court and Authorization of the Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

ततो रक्षांसि सर्वाणि नेशुस्त्यक्त्वा गृहं तु तत्‌ अन्तरिक्षे च वागासीत्‌ साधु केशव साध्विति

Transliteration

tato rakṣāṃsi sarvāṇi neśus tyaktvā gṛhaṃ tu tat | antarīkṣe ca vāg āsīt—sādhu keśava sādhv iti ||

Translation

于是，所有罗刹——那些残害婴孩者——都弃屋而逃。就在那一刻，空中传来声音：“善哉，凯沙瓦（Keśava）！善哉！”

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: avyaya (ablatival adverb)

• रक्षांसि: rakshasas/demons
• रक्षांसि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• नेशुः: they fled/went away
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: aorist (luṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा)

• गृहम्: the house
• गृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: avyaya

• तत्: that (house/that place)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the sky/atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: avyaya

• वाक्: a voice/utterance
• वाक्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• आसीत्: was/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• साधु: well done/bravo
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु
• Form: avyaya (interjection/adverb)

• केशव: O Keshava
• केशव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• साधु: well done
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु
• Form: avyaya (interjection/adverb)

• इति: thus/so (quoting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: avyaya (quotative)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Rākṣasas
• the house (gṛha)
• sky-voice (antarīkṣa-vāk/ākāśavāṇī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Protecting the vulnerable and stopping cruelty is a dharmic act worthy of praise; the ‘sky-voice’ signifies moral (and divine) approval when harm-doers are driven away and innocence is safeguarded.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Keśava’s intervention, the child-destroying rākṣasas abandon the house and flee; immediately an aerial proclamation—‘Well done, Keśava!’—publicly commends the deed.