Shloka 42

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation

Devanagari script

यच्चाश्रुपातात्‌ कलिलं वदनं वहसे नृप । आशान्त्रदृष्टमेतद्धि न प्रशंसन्ति पण्डिता:,“नरेश्वरर आप जो आँसुओंकी धारासे भीगा हुआ मुँह लिये फिरते हैं, यह अशास्त्रीय कार्य है। विद्वान्‌ पुरुष इसकी प्रशंसा नहीं करते हैं

Transliteration

yaccāśrupātāt kalilaṁ vadanaṁ vahase nṛpa | aśāstradṛṣṭam etaddhi na praśaṁsanti paṇḍitāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O king, the face you bear—muddied and drenched by falling tears—is not sanctioned by the śāstras. The wise do not commend such conduct.”

Word by Word

यत्that which

चand

अश्रु-पातात्from the falling/stream of tears

कलिलम्wet, muddied, smeared

वदनम्face

वहसेyou bear/carry (you go about with)

नृपO king

अशास्त्र-दृष्टम्contrary to scripture; not sanctioned by śāstra

एतत्this

हिindeed, for

नnot

प्रशंसन्तिthey praise/approve

पण्डिताःlearned men, scholars

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

nṛpa (the king addressed)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes