Shloka 17

Devanagari script

मुमुचु: श्वासमत्युष्णं दु:ः:खशोकसमन्विता: । सप्तर्षयो जातभयास्तथा देवर्षयोडपि च,सप्तर्षियों और देवर्षियोंको भी भय होने लगा। वे दुःख और शोकसे संतप्त हो अत्यन्त गरम-गरम साँस छोड़ने लगे

Transliteration

mumucuḥ śvāsam aty-uṣṇaṃ duḥkha-śoka-samanvitāḥ | saptarṣayo jāta-bhayās tathā devarṣayo 'pi ca ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: وقد غمرهم الحزن والأسى، أطلقوا زفراتٍ شديدة الحرارة. وقام الخوف حتى في قلوب السبع رِشيّات، وكذلك في نفوس الرُّسُل/الريشيّات الإلهيين—فكان الفزع بالغًا إلى حدّ أنه أقلق حُرّاس النظام المقدّس نفسه.

Word by Word

मुमुचुःthey released/let out

श्वासम्breath

अति-उष्णम्very hot

दुःख-शोक-समन्विताःendowed with sorrow and grief

सप्त-ऋषयःthe seven sages

जात-भयाःhaving become afraid

तथाlikewise/so

देव-ऋषयःthe divine sages

अपिalso/even

चand

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Saptarṣi (Seven Sages)

Devarṣi (divine seers)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the highest spiritual authorities (saptarṣis and devarṣis) can be shaken when adharma or a world-threatening disturbance manifests; the verse underscores the ethical idea that cosmic disorder produces palpable suffering and fear, signaling the need to restore dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a moment of intense dread: grief-stricken beings exhale burning breaths, and fear spreads even among the Seven Sages and the divine seers, indicating an ominous, extraordinary crisis in the unfolding events.