Shloka 19

अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा समागममिमं सर्वेषां वस्तुतो नूप

Transliteration

śrutvā samāgamam imaṃ sarveṣāṃ vastuto nūpa

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Als er von dieser Zusammenkunft aller, wie sie sich in Wahrheit zugetragen hatte, vernahm, o König, …“

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• समागमम्: meeting, assembly
• समागमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• वस्तुतः: in reality, truly
• वस्तुतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वस्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्यय (ablatival adverb)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• उप: near; towards (as a preverb/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• nṛpa (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line foregrounds fidelity to truth (vastutaḥ): the narrator emphasizes that what follows is to be understood as an accurate account, reinforcing the ethical value of truthful transmission of events to a ruler.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and transitions the story by saying that, after hearing about a significant meeting/assembly of all parties, he proceeds to relate what occurred (the verse is a connective lead-in to the next statement).