Shloka 15

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

यवक्रीतश्न नृपते द्रोणश्व॒ वदतां वर: । आयुर्मतज़ो दत्तश्न ट्रपदो मत्स्य एव च

Transliteration

Yavakrītaś ca nṛpate Droṇaś ca vadatāṁ varaḥ | Āyurmattaś ca Dattaś ca Tṛpaṇo Matsya eva ca ||

Translation

波罗舍罗说道：“大王，又有耶婆克利多（Yavakrīta）、德罗那（Droṇa）——言辞之最胜者——以及阿由尔末多（Āyurmatta）、达多（Datta）、特利帕那（Tṛpaṇa）、摩蹉（Matsya）等：这些都是此处所追忆的显赫人物。”

Word by Word

• यवक्रीतश्च: Yavakrīta (proper name) and
• यवक्रीतश्च: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवक्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृपते: O king
• नृपते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्रोणश्च: Droṇa and
• द्रोणश्च: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वदताम्: of speakers / among those who speak
• वदताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: the best
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आयुर्मतश्च: Āyur-mat (proper name) and
• आयुर्मतश्च: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुर्मत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दत्तश्च: Datta and
• दत्तश्च: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रपदो: Trapada (proper name)
• त्रपदो: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रपद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मत्स्यः: Matsya (proper name)
• मत्स्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed / also / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पराशर (Parāśara)
• नृप (king, addressee)
• यवक्रीत (Yavakrīta)
• द्रोण (Droṇa)
• आयुर्मत्त (Āyurmatta)
• दत्त (Datta)
• तृपण (Tṛpaṇa)
• मत्स्य (Matsya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a mnemonic listing within a didactic discourse: it emphasizes the importance of remembering exemplary or noteworthy persons—especially teachers and learned figures—whose lives and speech are relevant to ethical instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parāśara addresses a king and enumerates several named individuals (including Droṇa, praised as an excellent speaker). The verse is part of a larger catalog-like passage in which figures are being cited or recalled to support the surrounding teaching.