Shloka 1

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १९ श्लोक हैं) ऑपनआक्रात बछ। अर: अं षष्टर्याधेिकशततमो< ध्याय: कुन्ती और ब्राह्णकी बातचीत कुन्त्युवाच न विषादस्त्वया कार्यो भयादस्मात्‌ कथंचन । उपाय: परिदृष्टो5त्र तस्मान्मोक्षाय रक्षस:,कुन्ती बोली--ब्रह्म! आपको अपने ऊपर आये हुए इस भयसे किसी प्रकार विषाद नहीं करना चाहिये। इस परिस्थितिमें उस राक्षससे छूटनेका उपाय मेरी समझमें आ गया

Transliteration

kuntī uvāca | na viṣādas tvayā kāryo bhayād asmāt kathaṃcana | upāyaḥ paridṛṣṭo ’tra tasmān mokṣāya rakṣasaḥ ||

Translation

Kuntī said: “O Brahmin, you should not give way to despair on account of this fear in any manner. Here I have discerned a means by which you may be delivered from that rākṣasa.”

Word by Word

कुन्तीKunti

उवाचsaid

नnot

विषादःdespondency, grief

त्वयाby you

कार्यःto be done, should be done

भयात्from fear

अस्मात्from this

कथंचनin any way, at all

उपायःmeans, method

परिदृष्टःhas been seen/considered, has occurred (to me)

अत्रhere, in this matter

तस्मात्therefore, from that

मोक्षायfor release, for deliverance

रक्षसःfrom the demon (rakshasa)

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kuntī

Brāhmaṇa

Rākṣasa

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?

Do not succumb to despair when threatened; steadiness of mind enables one to find a practical, dharmic means (upāya) to protect oneself and others.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a dialogue with a Brahmin, Kuntī reassures him not to grieve out of fear and states that she has identified a way to secure release from a rākṣasa troubling them.