Shloka 17

अध्याय १५ (Āśramavāsika-parva): धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनवासानुज्ञायाचनम् — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s renewed plea for consent to forest-dwelling

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्त: स धर्मात्मा भ्रातृभि: सहितो वशी । विषादमगमद्‌ धीमान्‌ न च किंचिदुवाच ह,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! माताके ऐसा कहनेपर अपने मनको वशमें रखनेवाले धर्मात्मा एवं बुद्धिमान्‌ युधिष्ठिर भाइयोंसहित बहुत दुःखी हुए। वे अपने मुँहसे कुछ न बोले

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Janamejaya, when his mother spoke thus, the righteous and wise Yudhiṣṭhira, self-controlled and accompanied by his brothers, was overcome with grief and spoke not a word.”

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

सःhe

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled

भ्रातृभिःwith (his) brothers

सहितःaccompanied (by)

वशीself-controlled

विषादम्grief, dejection

अगमत्went into / fell into

धीमान्wise, intelligent

नnot

चand

किञ्चित्anything

उवाचsaid

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes