Shloka 14

Devanagari script

हतप्रवीरां पृथिवीं हृतरत्नां च भारत । सदैव चिन्तयन्तस्ते न शर्म चोपलेभिरे,भरतनन्दन! जिसके प्रमुख वीर मारे गये तथा रत्नोंका अपहरण हो गया, उस पृथ्वीकी दुर्दशशाका सदैव चिन्तन करते हुए पाण्डव कभी थोड़ी देरके लिये भी शान्ति नहीं पाते थे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | hatapravīrāṁ pṛthivīṁ hṛtaratnāṁ ca bhārata | sadaiva cintayantaste na śarma copalebhire ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「おお、バーラタよ。最も優れた勇士を失い、宝を奪われた大地の惨状を彼らが常に思いめぐらしていたため、パーンダヴァたちは一瞬たりとも安らぎも慰めも得られなかった。」

Word by Word

हतप्रवीराम्having its chief heroes slain

पृथिवीम्the earth

हृतरत्नाम्whose jewels have been taken away

चand

भारतO Bharata

सदैवalways

चिन्तयन्तःthinking/pondering

तेthey

नnot

शर्मcomfort/peace

चeven/and

उपलेभिरेthey obtained/found

भरतनन्दनO descendant/delighter of Bharata

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (address to Janamejaya / Bharata lineage)

Pṛthivī (the Earth/realm)

Pāṇḍavas (implied by 'te' in context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a righteous victory can leave a moral and emotional residue: when society is devastated—its protectors slain and its wealth plundered—true peace (śarma) does not arise easily. The verse underscores responsibility toward the realm and the ethical weight of violence, pointing toward detachment and atonement as necessary responses.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Āśramavāsika section, the narrator describes the Pāṇḍavas’ continuing distress after the great war. They repeatedly contemplate the ruined condition of the earth/kingdom—deprived of leading warriors and stripped of riches—and therefore cannot find solace.