Shloka 293

Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)

Devanagari script

उवाच चैनं मेधावी युड्क्ष्वात्मानमिति प्रभो । उन्हें उस अवस्थामें देख मेधावी संजयने उनकी परिक्रमा की और कहा--“महाराज! अब अपनेको योगयुक्त कीजिये

Transliteration

uvāca cainaṁ medhāvī yujasvātmanam iti prabho |

Translation

Nārada said: Seeing him in that condition, the wise Sañjaya respectfully circumambulated him and said, “O lord, yoke your own self—compose your mind in Yoga.”

Word by Word

उवाचsaid/spoke

चand

एनम्him

मेधावीthe intelligent one

युङ्क्ष्वyoke/apply (yourself)

आत्मानम्yourself (the self)

इतिthus/quoting

प्रभोO lord

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Sañjaya

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 urges inner yoking (Yoga): gathering the mind and directing the self toward steadiness and spiritual discipline. Ethical strength is shown as self-mastery—especially when one is weakened or nearing life’s end.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada narrates that the wise Sañjaya, seeing the person addressed in a particular condition, circumambulates him as a sign of reverence and then exhorts him: “O lord, compose yourself in Yoga; yoke your self.”