Shloka 93

Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुकत्वा सम्प्रतस्थे कणिक: स्वगृहं ततः । धृतराष्ट्रोडपि कौरव्य: शोकार्त: समपद्यत,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! यों कहकर कणिक अपने घरको चले गये। इधर कुरुवंशी धृतराष्ट्र शोकसे व्याकुल हो गये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evam uktvā sampratasthe Kaṇikaḥ svagṛhaṃ tataḥ | Dhṛtarāṣṭro 'pi Kauravyaḥ śokārtaḥ samapadyata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Dicho esto, Kaṇika partió entonces hacia su propia casa. Entretanto, Dhṛtarāṣṭra también, el príncipe de los Kurus, quedó abrumado por el dolor».

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्त्वाhaving said

सम्प्रतस्थेset out, departed

कणिकःKanika

स्वगृहम्his own house

ततःthen, thereafter

धृतराष्ट्रःDhritarashtra

अपिalso, even

कौरव्यःthe Kuru prince (descendant of Kuru)

शोक-आर्तःdistressed by grief

समपद्यतbecame, fell into (a state)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kaṇika

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Kuru (Kauravya lineage)

svagṛha (own house)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how counsel and political speech can leave a ruler emotionally destabilized; when grief (śoka) dominates, discernment and dharma-based decision-making become harder. It implicitly warns that a king must master sorrow to govern rightly.

What is happening in the narrative?

After delivering his words, Kaṇika departs for his home. In the aftermath, Dhṛtarāṣṭra—identified as a Kuru prince—becomes grief-stricken, indicating the immediate emotional impact of the preceding conversation.