Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अजिनै: संवृतान्‌ दृष्टवा हृतराज्यानरिंदमान्‌ | प्रस्थितान्‌ वनवासाय ततो दुःशासनोडब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

ajinaḥ saṁvṛtān dṛṣṭvā hṛtarājyān ariṁdamān | prasthitān vanavāsāya tato duḥśāsano ’bravīt ||

Translation

Vaiśaṁpāyana dijo: Al ver a los Pāṇḍavas—domadores de enemigos—despojados de su reino, envueltos en pieles de ciervo y partiendo hacia el destierro en el bosque, Duḥśāsana habló entonces en la asamblea, dirigiéndose a ellos.

Word by Word

• अजिनैः: with deerskins
• अजिनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• संवृतान्: covered, clad
• संवृतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवृत (सम्+वृ)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• हृत: taken away, seized
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृत (हृ)
• Form: Neuter

• राज्यान्: kingdoms, sovereignty
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अरिंदमान्: enemy-subduing
• अरिंदमान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रस्थितान्: departed, set out
• प्रस्थितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रस्थित (प्र+स्था)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वनवासाय: for forest-dwelling (exile)
• वनवासाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनवास
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• दुःशासनः: Duhshasana
• दुःशासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṁpāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Duḥśāsana
• ajina (deerskins)
• sabha (assembly hall)
• vanavāsa (forest exile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how adharma manifests as public humiliation of the dispossessed; ethical failure is not only in unjust outcomes (loss of kingdom) but also in the cruelty and mockery that accompany them.

What is happening in the narrative?

After losing their kingdom, the Pandavas don deerskins and begin their forest exile; at that moment, Duḥśāsana speaks in the assembly, targeting them—setting the tone of taunting and moral degradation in the Kaurava court.