Shloka 2

Devanagari script

त॑ चिन्तयानमासीन धृतराष्ट्र जनेश्वरम्‌ । निःश्वसन्तमनेकाग्रमिति होवाच संजय:,महाराज धुृतराष्ट्रको लंबी साँस खींचते और उद्विग्नचित्त होकर चिन्तामें डूबे हुए देख संजयने इस प्रकार कहा

Transliteration

taṁ cintayānam āsīnaṁ dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ janeśvaram | niḥśvasantam anekāgram iti hovāca sañjayaḥ ||

Translation

Als Sañjaya König Dhṛtarāṣṭra—den Herrn der Menschen—sah, wie er dasaß, in angstvolle Gedanken versunken, lange Seufzer ausstoßend und den Geist nicht zur Ruhe bringend, sprach er ihn mit folgenden Worten an.

Word by Word

तम्him

चिन्तयानम्thinking, pondering

आसीनम्seated

धृतराष्ट्रम्Dhritarashtra

जनेश्वरम्lord of men (king)

निःश्वसन्तम्sighing, breathing out

अनेकाग्रम्distracted, not one-pointed

इतिthus

हindeed (particle)

उवाचsaid

संजयःSanjaya

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Sañjaya

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 ethical weight of kingship: inner agitation and troubled breathing signal a conscience under strain. It frames the need for wise counsel and self-control when power is entangled with attachment and fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Sañjaya observes Dhṛtarāṣṭra seated in deep worry, sighing and mentally unsettled, and then begins to address him.