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Shloka 126

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डवेषु प्रीति-वृत्तान्तः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Affectionate Disposition toward the Pāṇḍavas

राजा निर्वेदमापेदे भीमवाग्बाणपीडित: । उस समयतक उन्हें राजा युधिष्ठिरके आश्रयमें रहते पंद्रह वर्ष व्यतीत हो चुके थे। पंद्रहवाँ वर्ष बीतनेपर भीमसेनके वाग्बाणोंसे पीड़ित हुए राजा धृतराष्ट्रको खेद एवं वैराग्य हुआ

rājā nirvedam āpede bhīmavāgbāṇapīḍitaḥ |

Vaiśampāyana dit : Le roi Dhṛtarāṣṭra, tourmenté par les paroles de Bhīma, acérées comme des flèches, tomba dans un profond remords et dans le détachement. Bien qu’il eût vécu quinze années sous la protection du roi Yudhiṣṭhira, il était encore piqué par les dards verbaux de Bhīmasena ; et de cette douleur naquit en lui une lassitude qui le détourna des attachements du monde.

राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निर्वेदम्despondency, dispassion
निर्वेदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्वेद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आपेदेattained, came to
आपेदे:
TypeVerb
Rootआपद्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
भीमBhima
भीम:
TypeNoun
Rootभीम
FormMasculine, Instrumental (in compound relation), Singular
वाक्speech, words
वाक्:
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Nominative (in compound relation), Singular
बाणarrow
बाण:
TypeNoun
Rootबाण
FormMasculine, Nominative/Accusative (in compound relation), Singular
पीडितःafflicted, tormented
पीडितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपीडित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
B
Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

Speech has moral weight: harsh words can wound like arrows and force a person to confront guilt and consequence. Here, the pain of being verbally pierced becomes a catalyst for nirveda—an ethical awakening that turns the mind away from attachment and toward renunciation.

After living for fifteen years under Yudhiṣṭhira’s protection, Dhṛtarāṣṭra is repeatedly stung by Bhīma’s cutting reminders of past wrongs. Unable to bear the ‘word-arrows,’ he falls into grief and dispassion, setting the stage for withdrawal from courtly life toward the forest-āśrama path.