Shloka 10

शोकाकुल-युधिष्ठिरं प्रति कुन्त्याः कालोचितोपदेशः | Kuntī’s Timely Counsel to the Grief-Stricken Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

भवत्या गूढमन्त्रत्वात्‌ पीडितो<स्मीत्युवाच ताम्‌,माताके ऐसा कहनेपर धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरके नेत्रोंमें आँसू भर आया, शोकसे उनकी इन्द्रियाँ व्याकुल हो गयीं और वे धर्मात्मा नरेश उनसे इस प्रकार बोले--'माँ! आपने इस गोपनीय बातको गुप्त रखकर मुझे बड़ा कष्ट दिया"

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca — bhavatyā gūḍha-mantratvāt pīḍito ’smīty uvāca tām |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Afflicted because you kept this matter as a hidden secret, I have been made to suffer,” he said to her. Hearing this, Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira’s eyes filled with tears; grief agitated his senses, and that righteous king spoke to his mother: “Mother, by concealing this confidential truth, you have caused me great pain.”

Word by Word

भवत्याby you (lady/mother)

गूढमन्त्रत्वात्because of (your) keeping the counsel/secret hidden

पीडितःafflicted, pained

अस्मिI am

इतिthus

उवाचsaid

ताम्her

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)

Mother (Kuntī, implied by context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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Sandhi Notes