Shloka 13

Adhyāya 125: Raṅga-pradarśana — Arjuna’s Entry and Astric Demonstration (रङ्गप्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

ततो माद्री समालिड्र्य राजानं गतचेतसम्‌ । मुमोच दुःखजं शब्दं पुन: पुनरतीव हि,तब माद्री राजाके शवसे लिपटकर बार-बार अत्यन्त दुःखभरी वाणीमें विलाप करने लगी

Transliteration

tato mādrī samāliḍhya rājānaṃ gatacetasaṃ | mumoca duḥkhajaṃ śabdaṃ punaḥ punar atīva hi ||

Translation

Da umschlang Mādrī den König, dessen Bewusstsein entschwunden war, und stieß immer wieder einen aus Schmerz geborenen Schrei aus, in heftigem Klagen.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

माद्रीMadri

समालिड्यhaving embraced/clasped

राजानम्the king

गतचेतसम्whose consciousness had departed; unconscious

मुमोचuttered, let out

दुःखजम्born of sorrow; sorrowful

शब्दम्sound, cry, utterance

पुनःagain

अतीवexceedingly, very

हिindeed, surely

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mādrī

the king (Pāṇḍu)

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 highlights the inevitability of death and the ethical weight of human bonds: even amid royal narratives, dharma is felt through compassion, loyalty, and the truthful expression of grief rather than through power or status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mādrī embraces the king who has become unconscious/lifeless and repeatedly cries out in intense sorrow, expressing lamentation over his condition.