Shloka 18

Devanagari script

मुज्चन्त्वानन्दजाश्रूणि दाशार्हप्रमुखा नृपा: । संगच्छ भ्रातृभि: सार्ध मान संत्यज्य पार्थिव,'भूपाल! तुम अभिमान छोड़कर अपने उन बिछुड़े हुए भाइयोंसे मिल जाओ और यह अपूर्व मिलन देखकर श्रीकृष्ण आदि सब नरेश अपने नेत्रोंसे आनन्दके आँसू बहावें

Transliteration

muñcantv ānandajāśrūṇi dāśārhapramukhā nṛpāḥ | saṃgaccha bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ mānaṃ saṃtyajya pārthiva ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Let the kings, led by the Dāśārha (Śrī Kṛṣṇa), shed tears born of joy. O king, abandon pride and go to meet your brothers together—so that, witnessing this rare reunion, all may be moved to glad tears.”

Word by Word

मुच्यन्तुlet (them) shed/release

आनन्दजborn of joy

अश्रूणिtears

दाशार्हप्रमुखाःthose headed by the Dāśārha (Kṛṣṇa)

नृपाःkings

संगच्छgo/meet (together), unite

भ्रातृभिःwith (your) brothers

सार्धम्together, along with

मानम्pride, self-conceit

संत्यज्यhaving abandoned

पार्थिवO king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dāśārha (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

kings (nṛpāḥ)

brothers (bhrātṛ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pride (māna) obstructs dharma and reconciliation; a ruler should cultivate humility and restore kinship bonds, allowing peace and shared joy to arise even amid political tension.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes an appeal to a king to set aside pride and reunite with his brothers; the surrounding kings, led by Kṛṣṇa, are envisioned as so moved by this rare reunion that they shed tears of joy.