Shloka 3

Duryodhana Seized by Citraseṇa; Kaurava Petition to Yudhiṣṭhira (दुर्योधनापहारः / चित्रसेनगन्धर्वग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

वयं पुत्र परित्यक्ता भर्तभिददेवसम्मितै: । अकारणाद्‌ रुषा तैस्तु पुण्यस्थानात्‌ परिच्युता:,“बेटा! हमारे देवतुल्य पतियोंने अकारण रुष्ट होकर हमें त्याग दिया है, इसलिये (हम) पुण्यलोकसे च्युत हो गयी हैं

Transliteration

vayaṃ putra parityaktā bhartṛbhir devasammataiḥ | akāraṇād ruṣā tais tu puṇyasthānāt paricyutāḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „Mein Sohn, unsere Gatten — Männer, die man wie göttergleich verehrt — haben uns verstoßen. Ohne gerechten Grund gerieten sie in Zorn und verließen uns; darum sind wir aus unserer verdienstvollen Wohnstatt gefallen.“

Word by Word

वयम्we

पुत्रO son

परित्यक्ताःabandoned

भर्तृभिःby (our) husbands

देवसम्मितैःequal to gods, godlike

अकारणात्without cause; for no reason

रुषाwith anger

तैःby them (those husbands)

तुbut/indeed

पुण्यस्थानात्from the holy place/meritorious realm

परिच्युताःfallen away, cast down

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

putra (addressed listener)

bhartṛ (husbands)

puṇyasthāna (meritorious realm/place)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unjustified anger and abandonment violate ethical duty and can lead to a loss of merit and status; moral standing is shown as fragile when actions are driven by irrational wrath.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya reports the lament of women who say their godlike husbands, angered without cause, rejected them, resulting in their fall from a meritorious realm (puṇyasthāna).