Shloka 19

Adhyāya 129 — Public Acclaim of the Pāṇḍavas and Duryodhana’s Appeal to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्‍त्वा ययौ विद्वान्‌ विदुर: स्वं निवेशनम्‌ । कुन्ती चिन्तापरा भूत्वा सहासीना सुतैर्गुहि,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! विद्वान्‌ विदुर यों कहकर अपने घरमें चले गये। इधर कुन्ती चिन्तामग्न होकर अपने चारों पुत्रोंके साथ चुपचाप घरमें बैठ रही

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | evam uktvā yayau vidvān viduraḥ svaṁ niveśanam | kuntī cintāparā bhūtvā sahāsīnā sutair guhi ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having spoken thus, the wise Vidura departed for his own residence. Meanwhile Kuntī, weighed down by anxious thought, sat silently within the house together with her sons—absorbed in worry over what duty and safety now required.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्त्वाhaving said

ययौwent

विद्वान्learned, wise

विदुरःVidura

स्वम्his own

निवेशनम्dwelling, residence

कुन्तीKuntī

चिन्तापराabsorbed in anxiety

भूत्वाhaving become

सहtogether with

आसीनाseated

सुतैःwith (her) sons

गुहिhide! (keep secret!)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vidura

Kuntī

Kuntī's sons (Pāṇḍavas)

niveśana (residence/house)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes