Shloka 27

Devanagari script

त्रितस्ततो महाराज कूपस्थो मुनिसत्तम: । आर्तनादं ततश्नक्रे तौ तु शुश्रुवतुर्मुनी,महाराज! कुएँमें पहुँचनेपर मुनिश्रेष्ठ त्रितने बड़े जोरसे आर्तनाद किया, जिसे उन दोनों मुनियोंने सुना

Transliteration

tritastato mahārāja kūpastho munisattamaḥ | ārtanādaṃ tataś cakre tau tu śuśruvatur munī ||

Translation

វៃសម្បាយនៈបានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ! មុនិសេដ្ឋ ត្រីតា ពេលបានទៅដល់អណ្ដូង ក៏បន្លឺសម្លេងអំពាវនាវដោយទុក្ខវេទនាខ្លាំង។ សូរស្រែកដ៏ឈឺចាប់នោះ ត្រូវបានមុនីទាំងពីរនោះឮ។

Word by Word

त्रितःTrita (the sage)

ततःthen/thereupon

महाराजO great king

कूपस्थःbeing in the well / situated in the well

मुनिसत्तमःthe best of sages

आर्तनादम्a cry of distress

ततःthen

चक्रेmade/uttered

तौthose two

तुbut/indeed

शुश्रुवतुःheard

मुनीthe two sages

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Trita

Mahārāja (the king addressed, i.e., Janamejaya)

kūpa (well)

two sages (unnamed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 that seeking help in genuine distress is not a moral failing, and that the righteous—especially sages—are ethically obligated to heed suffering and respond with compassion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Trita, having come to be in the well, cries out loudly in anguish; his cry is heard by two sages, setting up the next action—whether and how they will respond.