Shloka 286
Devanagari script
पज्चत्वमगमद् वीरो यथा तन्मे निशामय । 'भैया! इस बालकका पिता वीर सुरथ पितृशोकसे संतप्त और विषादसे पीड़ित हो जिस प्रकार मृत्युको प्राप्त हुआ है, वह मुझसे सुनो
Transliteration
pañcatvam agamad vīro yathā tan me niśāmaya |
Translation
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。聞くがよい、あの勇士がいかにして最期を迎えたかを――この幼子の父、勇猛なるスラタは、亡き親族への悲嘆に灼かれ、憂いと絶望に押し潰されて、ついに死へと至ったのである。
Word by Word
पञ्चत्वम्the state of death (lit. becoming five elements)
पञ्चत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अगमत्went/attained
अगमत्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
FormAorist (लुङ्), 3rd, Singular
वीरःthe hero/brave man
वीरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यथाas/how
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
तत्that (fact/thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormDative, Singular
निशामयlisten/hear (attentively)
निशामय:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-शम् (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaS
SurathaT
the boy (bālaka)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethical reality of grief: even a ‘vīra’ can be undone by bereavement and despair. It invites attentive listening to a cautionary account, implicitly urging steadiness of mind and compassionate understanding of suffering.
Vaiśampāyana transitions into an account of how Suratha, the boy’s father, died—describing him as a hero who, afflicted by sorrow for his kin and weighed down by despondency, reached death.