Shloka 19

Vyāsa’s Inquiry into Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Tapas and the Identification of Vidura with Dharma

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनप्रभूतयो दृष्टा लोकान्तरं गता: । व्यासस्य तपसो वीर्याद्‌ भवतश्न समागमात्‌

Transliteration

duryodhana-prabhūtayo dṛṣṭā lokāntaraṃ gatāḥ | vyāsasya tapaso vīryād bhavataś ca samāgamāt ||

Translation

វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយថា៖ «ដុរយោធន និងអ្នកដទៃទៀត—អ្នកដែលបានចាកទៅកាន់លោកបន្ទាប់—បានត្រូវឃើញហើយ។ ដោយអានុភាពនៃតបស្យារបស់ព្រះវ្យាស និងដោយការមកជួបរបស់អ្នកជាមួយខ្ញុំ ខ្ញុំបានទទួលទស្សនៈឃើញកូនប្រុសរបស់ខ្ញុំដែលស្ថិតនៅលោកក្រោយ។ ដូច្នេះ គោលបំណងនៃការរស់នៅរបស់ខ្ញុំបានបំពេញរួចហើយ។ ឱ អ្នកគ្មានមន្ទិល! ឥឡូវនេះ ខ្ញុំនឹងឧទ្ទិសខ្លួនទៅកាន់តបស្យាដ៏តឹងរឹង; សូមអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យខ្ញុំធ្វើដូច្នោះ»។

Word by Word

• {'duryodhana-prabhūtayaḥ': 'Duryodhana and the rest

• those headed by Duryodhana', 'dṛṣṭāḥ': 'seen

• beheld', 'lokāntaram': 'the other world

• the next realm (after death)', 'gatāḥ': 'gone

• departed', 'vyāsasya': 'of Vyāsa', 'tapasaḥ': 'of austerity

• ascetic practice', 'vīryāt': 'from the power/efficacy', 'bhavataḥ': 'of you (honorific)

• your', 'ca': 'and', 'samāgamāt': 'from meeting/coming together

• from your arrival/association', 'anagha': 'O sinless/blameless one (term of address)', 'kaṭhoram': 'severe

• rigorous', 'tapas(y)ām': 'in austerity

• in ascetic discipline', 'saṃlagnaḥ': 'engaged

• devoted', 'anumati': 'permission

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Duryodhana
• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how spiritual power (tapas) and sacred mediation can grant closure even after immense loss, and how that closure can turn one toward renunciation and disciplined austerity rather than continued attachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a divinely enabled vision of the departed—Duryodhana and others—made possible through Vyāsa’s ascetic potency and the addressee’s presence, the grieving elder declares his worldly purpose fulfilled and asks permission to undertake severe austerities.