Shloka 28
दमयन्त्याः कार्यनिश्चयः — Damayantī’s Crisis Plan and Vārṣṇeya’s Departure
Devanagari script
ततो हाहेति सहसा मुक्त: शब्दो नराधिपै:,फिर तो दूसरे राजाओंके मुखसे सहसा 'हाहाकार'-का शब्द निकल पड़ा
Transliteration
tato hāheti sahasā muktaḥ śabdo narādhipaiḥ
Translation
ثم فجأةً انطلقت من أفواه الملوك الآخرين صيحةُ «ها! ها!»—صرخةٌ عفوية من الفزع والأسى لما شهدوه لتوّهم.
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereupon
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्
FormAvyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')
हाहाalas! (cry of distress)
हाहा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहाहा
FormInterjection (avyaya)
इतिthus (quoting)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
FormQuotative particle (avyaya)
सहसाsuddenly, at once
सहसा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहसा
FormAdverb (avyaya)
मुक्तःuttered, released
मुक्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), masculine nominative singular
शब्दःsound, cry
शब्दः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द
FormMasculine nominative singular
नराधिपैःby the kings (lords of men)
नराधिपैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनराधिप
FormMasculine instrumental plural
Speaker
बृहदश्व उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
bṛhadaśva (speaker)N
narādhipaḥ (kings/rulers)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the immediacy of human emotion: even kings, trained for restraint, involuntarily cry out when confronted with sudden distress—suggesting that ethical seriousness includes acknowledging suffering rather than masking it.
In Bṛhadaśva’s narration, a sudden event provokes the assembled kings to exclaim “Hā! Hā!” together, indicating collective shock and lamentation at a dramatic turn in the story.