Shloka 49

Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 2 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry for His Kin and the Vision of a Punitive Realm

Devanagari script

एवं बहुविधं राजा विममर्श युधिष्ठिर: । दुःखशोकसमाविष्टश्विन्ताव्याकुलितेन्द्रिय:,दुःख और शोकके आवेशसे युक्त हो राजा युधिष्ठिर इस तरह नाना प्रकारसे विचार करने लगे। उस समय उनकी सारी इन्द्रियाँ चिन्तासे व्याकुल हो गयी थीं

Transliteration

evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ rājā vimamarśa yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭaś cintāvyākulitendriyaḥ ||

Translation

Thus King Yudhiṣṭhira pondered in many different ways. Overwhelmed by grief and sorrow, his senses were thrown into agitation by anxious thought.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

बहु-विधम्in many ways / of many kinds

राजाthe king

विममर्शreflected / considered

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

दुःख-शोक-समाविष्टःovercome by grief and sorrow

चिन्ता-व्याकुलित-इन्द्रियःwhose senses were agitated by anxiety

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical-psychological truth that even a righteous king, committed to dharma, can be shaken by sorrow; moral clarity often requires sustained reflection when the senses are disturbed by grief and anxiety.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira is deeply distressed and repeatedly deliberating, his mind and senses unsettled by grief and worry—setting the tone for the concluding movement of the Svargārohaṇa narrative.