Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अनागच्छत्सु पुत्रेषु भैक्षकालेडभिगच्छति । धार्तराष्ट्रहता न स्युर्विज्ञाय कुरुपुज्वा:

Transliteration

anāgacchatsu putreṣu bhaikṣakāle ’bhigacchati | dhārtarāṣṭrahatā na syur vijñāya kuru-puṅgavāḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。施しを乞う時刻が来てもなお息子たちが戻らぬのを見て、母の愛に覆われたクンティーは、さまざまな不安に沈み、彼らの滅びを恐れはじめた。「もしや、ドリタラーシュトラの子らが、クル族の最上たるパーンダヴァたちと見抜いて、殺してしまったのではないか？」

Word by Word

• अनागच्छत्सु: when (they) were not returning
• अनागच्छत्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्-आ-गम् (गच्छ्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Locative, Plural

• पुत्रेषु: in/among the sons
• पुत्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• भैक्षकालात्: after the time for alms/begging-meal
• भैक्षकालात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैक्षकाल
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अभिगच्छति: approaches/comes to (a conclusion/realization)
• अभिगच्छति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धार्तराष्ट्रहताः: killed by the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धार्तराष्ट्रहताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र-हता
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• स्युः: might be / would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विज्ञाय: having recognized/known
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), Parasmaipada (usage)

• कुरुपुङ्गवाः: the best of the Kurus (i.e., the Pāṇḍavas)
• कुरुपुङ्गवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुपुङ्गव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons / Kauravas)
• Kuru lineage
• Kuru-puṅgavas (the foremost Kurus, i.e., the Pāṇḍavas implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how adharma can arise within one’s own family: when rivalry dominates, even recognizing a kinsman may lead to violence. It also portrays the ethical weight of a mother’s protective concern, anticipating the larger collapse of kinship duties that culminates in the Kurukṣetra war.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the time for alms passes and her sons have not returned, Kuntī becomes fearful. She suspects that Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (the Kauravas) may have recognized the Pāṇḍavas and killed them, expressing foreboding about hostile intent within the Kuru family.