Shloka 1

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २६ “लोक मिलाकर कुल ९६३ शलोक हैं।) हू... “+(>9) #2६..# #25-.१ त्रयोविशो5 ध्याय: उपकीचकोंका सैरन्ध्रीको बाँधकर श्मशानभूमिमें ले जाना और भीमसेनका उन सबको मारकर सैरन्ध्रीको छुड़ाना वैशम्पायन उवाच तस्मिन्‌ काले समागम्य सर्वे तत्रास्य बान्धवा: | रुरुदु: कीचकं दृष्टवा परिवार्य समन्ततः,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! उसी समय यह समाचार पाकर कीचकके सब बन्धु-बान्धव वहाँ आ गये। वे कीचककी यह दशा देख उसे चारों ओरसे घेरकर विलाप करने लगे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tasmin kāle samāgamya sarve tatrāsya bāndhavāḥ | ruruduḥ kīcakaṃ dṛṣṭvā parivārya samantataḥ |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。その時、その知らせを聞いて、キーチャカの親族は皆そこに集まった。キーチャカを見るや、四方から取り囲み、声をあげて泣き叫んだ。

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

तस्मिन्at that (time/place)

कालेtime

समागम्यhaving come together/assembled

सर्वेall

तत्रthere

अस्यof him

बान्धवाःkinsmen/relatives

रुरुदुःthey wept

कीचकम्Kichaka

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

परिवार्यhaving surrounded

समन्ततःon all sides

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kīcaka

Kīcaka's kinsmen (bāndhavāḥ)

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?

The verse highlights how familial attachment naturally expresses grief, yet it can also obscure moral clarity: even when a person’s downfall follows misconduct, relatives may focus on loss rather than on the ethical causes and responsibilities involved.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Kīcaka’s death, his relatives arrive at the spot, gather around his body, and lament, setting the stage for the ensuing reactions and developments in the Sairandhrī–Kīcaka episode within the Virāṭa court.