Shloka 9

Devanagari script

नृसिंहं नरयुक्तेन परमालंकृतेन तम्‌ । अवहन्‌ यानमुख्येन सह माद्र्या सुसंयतम्‌,उसमें माद्रीके साथ पाण्डुकी अस्थियाँ भली-भाँति बाँधकर रखी गयी थीं। मनुष्योंद्वारा ढोई जानेवाली और अच्छी तरह सजायी हुई उस शिबिकाके द्वारा वे सभी बन्धु-बान्धव माद्रीसहित नरश्रेष्ठ पाण्डुकी अस्थियोंको ढोने लगे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

nṛsiṃhaṃ narayuktena paramālaṅkṛtena tam |

avahan yānamukhyena saha mādryā susaṃyatam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: They carried that lion among men—Pāṇḍu—together with Mādrī, carefully secured, in a foremost conveyance borne by men and richly adorned. Thus the kinsmen bore along the well-bound remains of the noble Pāṇḍu with Mādrī, performing the due rites of respect for the dead.

Word by Word

नृसिंहम्the man-lion (best of men)

नरयुक्तेनby/with (that) furnished with men (man-borne)

परमालंकृतेनby/with (that) excellently adorned

तम्him/that (one)

अवहन्they carried/bore

यानमुख्येनby the chief vehicle (palanquin/biers)

सहtogether with

माद्र्याwith Madri

सुसंयतम्well-secured / well-bound

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍu

Mādrī

yānamukhya (foremost conveyance/palanquin/vehicle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as family responsibility: even in grief, relatives must honor the deceased through orderly, respectful rites—symbolized by carefully securing and ceremonially carrying the remains in a dignified conveyance.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Pāṇḍu’s death (and Mādrī’s accompanying death), the relatives transport the well-secured remains together with Mādrī in a richly adorned, man-borne conveyance, proceeding as part of the funerary observances.