Shloka 533

Devanagari script

उपवासपरिश्रान्तो यदा त्वमपि कर्शित: । “आप भी तो जराजीर्ण, वृद्ध, क्षुधातुर, अत्यन्त दुर्बल, उपवाससे थके हुए और क्षीणकाय हो रहे हैं। (फिर आप जिस तरह भूखका कष्ट सहन करते हैं, उसी प्रकार मैं भी सह लूँगी)'

Transliteration

upavāsa-pariśrānto yadā tvam api karśitaḥ |

Translation

Nakula dit : «Lorsque toi aussi tu es accablé par le jeûne et que ton corps s’amaigrit, il est manifeste que tu es vieilli et affaibli, tourmenté par la faim et par une extrême défaillance. Ainsi, de même que tu endures la douleur de la faim, moi aussi je l’endurerai.»

Word by Word

उपवासपरिश्रान्तःwearied by fasting

यदाwhen

त्वम्you

अपिalso/even

कर्शितःemaciated, weakened

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nakula

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights titikṣā (patient endurance) and shared discipline: one should bear hardship with steadiness, and ethical resolve is strengthened when austerity is undertaken with empathy and solidarity rather than pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula addresses another person who is visibly weakened by fasting and hunger, pointing out their frailty and fatigue; he then declares that he too will endure the same hunger, presenting the act as a mutual commitment to austerity.