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Shloka 42

Vasiṣṭhasya śokaḥ, Vipāśā–Śatadrū-nāmākaraṇam, Kalmāṣapādasya bhaya-prasaṅgaḥ (Ādi Parva 167)

हर्षाविष्टांस्ततश्वैतान्‌ नेयं सेहे वसुंधरा । भयापहो राजपुत्र: पाउ्चालानां यशस्कर:,उस समय हर्षोल्लाससे भरे हुए इन पांचालोंका भार यह पृथ्वी नहीं सह सकी। आकाशमें कोई अदृश्य महाभूत इस प्रकार कहने लगा--“यह राजकुमार पांचालोंके भयको दूर करके उनके यशकी वृद्धि करनेवाला होगा। यह राजा द्रुपदका शोक दूर करनेवाला है। द्रोणाचार्यके वधके लिये ही इसका जन्म हुआ है'

harṣāviṣṭāṁs tataś caitān neyaṁ sehe vasuṁdharā | bhayāpaho rājaputraḥ pāñcālānāṁ yaśaskaraḥ |

حينئذٍ، وقد استولى الفرح على أهل البانشالا، لم تستطع الأرض نفسها أن تحتمل ثِقَل ابتهاجهم. وفي تلك اللحظة أعلن صوتٌ خفيٌّ من السماء: «هذا الأمير سيزيل خوف البانشالا ويزيد مجدهم. وسيبدّد حزن الملك دروبادا. لقد وُلد لقتل دروناآتشاريّا.»

हर्षाविष्टान्filled with joy
हर्षाविष्टान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहर्ष-आविष्ट
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
एतान्these
एतान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इयम्this
इयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सेहेendured/bore
सेहे:
TypeVerb
Rootसह्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3, Singular, Ātmanepada
वसुन्धराthe earth
वसुन्धरा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवसुन्धरा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भयापहःremover of fear
भयापहः:
TypeAdjective
Rootभय-अपह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजपुत्रःthe prince
राजपुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पाञ्चालानाम्of the Pāñcālas
पाञ्चालानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपाञ्चाल
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
यशस्करःincreaser of fame
यशस्करः:
TypeAdjective
Rootयशस्-कर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

ब्राह्मण उवाच

P
Pāñcālas
V
Vasuṁdharā (Earth)
R
Rājaputra (the prince, implied Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
D
Drupada
D
Droṇācārya
Ā
Ākāśa (sky)
A
Adṛśya vāk (unseen voice)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames a birth as morally and socially consequential: a ruler’s offspring is portrayed as arising to protect a community from fear, restore a king’s dignity, and fulfill a destined act in war. It highlights the epic’s tension between human agency and foretold outcomes, where public welfare (removing fear, increasing renown) is intertwined with violent necessity (the foretold killing of Droṇa).

A Brahmin narrator describes the Pāñcālas’ overwhelming joy at the appearance of a prince. The earth is poetically said to be unable to bear their jubilant weight, and an unseen voice from the sky prophesies the prince’s future: he will protect the Pāñcālas, enhance their fame, relieve Drupada’s grief, and be the instrument for Droṇācārya’s death.