Shloka 8

अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

हृदयै: शून्यभूतैस्ते धृतराष्ट्प्रवासजम्‌ । दुःखं संधारयन्तो हि नष्टसंज्ञा इवाभवन्‌,उनका हृदय शून्य-सा हो गया था। वे उस सूने हृदयसे धृतराष्ट्रके प्रवासजनित दु:ःखको धारण करके अचेत-से हो गये

Transliteration

hṛdayaiḥ śūnyabhūtaiḥ te dhṛtarāṣṭra-pravāsajam | duḥkhaṃ sandhārayanto hi naṣṭa-saṃjñā ivābhavan ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Their hearts had become as though emptied. Bearing the sorrow born of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s departure into exile, they became like people who had lost consciousness—stunned and inwardly undone by grief.

Word by Word

हृदयैःwith (their) hearts

शून्यभूतैःhaving become empty/void

तेthey

धृतराष्ट्रप्रवासजम्arisen from Dhṛtarāṣṭra's exile

दुःखम्sorrow

संधारयन्तःbearing/enduring

हिindeed/for

नष्टसंज्ञाःhaving lost consciousness/sense

इवas if

अभवन्they became/were

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes