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 says: “When you too are worn out by fasting and have become emaciated, it is clear that you are aged and weakened, afflicted by hunger and extreme debility. Therefore, just as you endure the pain of hunger, so will I also bear it.” The statement frames endurance (titikṣā) as a shared ethical resolve rather than a solitary hardship, emphasizing solidarity in austerity and self-control.

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

Cross References

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.