Shloka 1

Devanagari script

#<3८६>-> ह्नु # अष्टाविशोश् ध्याय: अश्मा ऋषि और जनकके संवादद्वारा प्रारब्धकी प्रबलता बतलाते हुए व्यासजीका युधिष्ठिरको समझाना वैशम्पायन उवाच ज्ञातिशोकाभितप्तस्य प्राणानभ्युत्सिसृक्षत: । ज्येष्ठस्य पाण्डुपुत्रस्य व्यास: शोकमपानुदत्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! भाई-बन्धुओं के शोकसे संतप्त हो अपने प्राणोंको त्याग देनेकी इच्छावाले ज्येष्ठ पाण्डव युधिष्ठिरके शोकको महर्षि व्यासने इस प्रकार दूर किया

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | jñātiśokābhitaptasya prāṇān abhyutsisṛkṣataḥ | jyeṣṭhasya pāṇḍuputrasya vyāsaḥ śokam apānudat ||

Translation

قال فايشامبايانا: «يا جاناميجايا، لما كان يودهيشثيرا، أكبر أبناء باندو، قد احترق حزنًا على ذويه حتى تاقت نفسه إلى إلقاء الحياة، بدّد الحكيم العظيم فياسا كربه على النحو الآتي.»

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

ज्ञाति-शोक-अभितप्तस्यof (him) scorched by grief for kinsmen

प्राणान्life-breaths; life

अभ्युत्सिसृक्षतःof (him) wishing to give up/abandon

ज्येष्ठस्यof the eldest

पाण्डु-पुत्रस्यof the son of Pāṇḍu

व्यासःVyāsa

शोकम्grief

अपानुदत्drove away; removed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍu

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the ethical problem of post-war despair: even a righteous king like Yudhiṣṭhira can be overwhelmed by grief and seek death, but dharma is restored through the guidance of a sage—here Vyāsa—who redirects him from self-destruction toward understanding and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates to King Janamejaya that Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest Pāṇḍava, is consumed by sorrow for slain relatives and wishes to give up his life; at that moment the sage Vyāsa intervenes and removes his grief, setting the stage for further instruction.