जगाम पित्राऽनुज्ञातो महत्या सेनया वृतः । वराहमहिषाकीर्णं वनमाखेटकेच्छया ॥ ९ ॥
jagāma pitrā’nujñātō mahatyā sēnayā vṛtaḥ | varāhamahiṣākīrṇaṁ vanamākhēṭakēcchayā || 9 ||
Translation
With his father's leave, surrounded by a great troop, he would go to the forest full of boars and buffaloes, wishing to hunt.
Word by word
- jagāma
- he would go
- pitrā
- with his father's
- anujñātō
- (anujñātaḥ) leave
- mahatyā
- by a great
- sēnayā
- troop
- vṛtaḥ
- surrounded
- varāha
- boars
- mahiṣa
- and buffaloes
- ākīrṇaṁ
- full of
- vanam
- to the forest
- ākhēṭaka
- to hunt
- icchayā
- wishing
Meaning
Hunting was part of a prince's training and duty. The commentary on 1.3.20 has already explained why it is told in a work on the Self: the duties of one's station purify the mind.