Shloka 33

Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

नकुल॑ सहदेवं च दृष्टवा ते दु:खितावुभौ

Transliteration

nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā te duḥkhitāv ubhau

Translation

Seeing Nakula and Sahadeva, those two were overcome with sorrow—an immediate, human response to the suffering of their kin, underscoring how compassion and shared grief arise even amid hardship and exile.

Word by Word

• नकुलम्: Nakula
• नकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सहदेवम्: Sahadeva
• सहदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा, Parasmaipada (usage as absolutive), Absolutive (gerund)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दुःखितौ: distressed, sorrowful
• दुःखितौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Vaiśampāyana