Shloka 2

Devanagari script

त्वगस्थिभूतो हरिणश्विन्ताशोकपरायण: । शोचमानो>तिमात्र॑ स दहामानश्व मन्युना । गालवो दु:ःखितो दुःखादू विललाप सुयोधन,वे चिन्ता और शोकमें डूबे रहनेके कारण पाण्डुवर्णके हो गये। उनके शरीरमें अस्थि- चर्ममात्र ही शेष रह गये थे। सुयोधन! अत्यन्त शोक करते और चिन्ताकी आगमें दग्ध होते हुए दुःखी गालव मुनि दुःखसे विलाप करने लगे--

Transliteration

tvag-asthi-bhūto hariṇaśvinta-śoka-parāyaṇaḥ | śocamāno 'timātraṃ sa dahamānaś ca manyunā | gālavo duḥkhito duḥkhād vilalāpa suyodhana ||

Translation

នារទៈ បានមានព្រះវាចា៖ ដោយលង់លក់ក្នុងក្តីបារម្ភ និងទុក្ខសោក កាលវមុនីបានស្គមស្គាំងដូចជាមានតែស្បែកនិងឆ្អឹងប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ ត្រូវទុក្ខសោកដ៏លើសលប់គ្របសង្កត់ ហើយឆេះខាងក្នុងដោយកំហឹង កាលវឥសីដ៏ទុក្ខព្រួយនោះ ក៏ចាប់ផ្តើមរំលែកទុក្ខវេទនារបស់ខ្លួន នៅចំពោះមុខ សុយោធនៈ។

Word by Word

त्वक्skin

अस्थिbone

भूतःbecome; having become

हरिणःdeer

अश्विन्horseman / one having horses (as a name/epithet)

चिन्ताanxiety; worry

अशोकgrieflessness / (or) Aśoka (name)

परायणःwholly devoted/absorbed; having as sole refuge

शोचमानःlamenting; grieving

अतिमात्रम्excessively; beyond measure

सःhe

दह्यमानःbeing burnt; burning

इवas if; like

मन्युनाby anger; with wrath

गालवःGālava (sage)

दुःखितःafflicted; sorrowful

दुःखात्from sorrow; out of grief

विललापlamented; wailed

सुयोधनO Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Gālava

Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

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?

Unchecked grief and anxiety can emaciate a person, while anger (manyu) further consumes the mind; the verse highlights the ethical need for self-mastery so that suffering does not turn into destructive wrath.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes Galava’s condition: he is worn down to ‘skin and bone,’ overwhelmed by sorrow and worry, and inwardly burning with anger; in this state he begins to lament before Suyodhana.