Shloka 29

अध्याय १५ (Āśramavāsika-parva): धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनवासानुज्ञायाचनम् — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s renewed plea for consent to forest-dwelling

Devanagari script

इति सा निश्चितैवाशु वनवासाय भाविनी । लालप्यतां बहुविध॑ पुत्राणां नाकरोद्‌ वच:

Transliteration

iti sā niścitāivāśu vanavāsāya bhāvinī | lālapyatāṃ bahuvidhaṃ putrāṇāṃ nākarod vacaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Ainsi Kuntī, ferme et résolue, fixa promptement son esprit sur la vie dans la forêt. Aussi, bien que ses fils se lamentassent et la suppliasse de mille façons, elle n’accepta pas leurs prières.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (स्त्री.)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• निश्चित: resolved, determined
• निश्चित: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चित (नि-√चि/√चित्, क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• आशु: quickly, at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

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

• भाविनी: the noble lady; Kunti
• भाविनी: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भाविनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• लालप्यताम्: while lamenting/entreating
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: लालप्य (√लप्, ल्यप्/तुमुन्-समर्थ अव्ययभाव; here as gerund-like form)

• बहुविधम्: in many ways, manifold
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुत्राणाम्: of (her) sons
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अकरोत्: did (accept/do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वचः: word, request, entreaty
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuntī
• her sons (Pāṇḍavas, implied)
• forest (vana)
• forest-dwelling (vanavāsa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadfastness in a chosen dharmic path: Kuntī prioritizes a life of austerity and withdrawal (vanavāsa) over emotional persuasion, showing that ethical/spiritual resolve may require resisting even heartfelt familial appeals.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kuntī has already decided to go live in the forest. Her sons plead and lament in many ways to dissuade her, but she does not accept their request and remains firm in her decision.