Shloka 19

आदि पर्व — अध्याय 148: कुन्ती–ब्राह्मणसंवादः (दुःखमूल-प्रश्नः) / Kuntī and the Brahmin: Inquiry into the Root of Suffering

Devanagari script

तेन निद्रोपरोधेन साध्वसेन च पाण्डवा: । न शेकु: सहसा गन्तुं सह मात्रा परंतपा:,नींद न ले सकनेके कारण आलस्य और भयसे युक्त परंतप पाण्डव अपनी माताके साथ जल्दी-जल्दी चल नहीं पाते थे

Transliteration

tena nidrāparodhena sādhvasena ca pāṇḍavāḥ | na śekuḥ sahasā gantuṃ saha mātrā paraṃtapāḥ ||

Translation

Weil ihnen der Schlaf geraubt war und weil Angst und Beklemmung sie ergriffen hatten, vermochten die Pāṇḍavas — Bezwinger der Feinde — nicht sogleich rasch voranzukommen, obwohl sie bei ihrer Mutter waren.

Word by Word

तेनby that

निद्रा-उपरोधेनby the obstruction of sleep / lack of sleep

साध्वसेनby fear

चand

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

नnot

शेकुःwere able

सहसाsuddenly / quickly / at once

गन्तुम्to go

सहtogether with

मात्राwith (their) mother

परंतपाःfoe-scorchers (epithet)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pāṇḍavas

their mother (Kuntī)

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?

Even heroic people can be slowed by sleeplessness and fear; ethical steadiness requires caring for the body and mastering anxiety so that one can act promptly and protect dependents.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaishampayana describes the Pāṇḍavas traveling with their mother but being unable to move quickly because they are exhausted from lack of sleep and shaken by apprehension.