Ashramavasika Parva Adhyaya 36 Shloka 13 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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Shloka 13

Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)

Devanagari script

वने स मुनिशि: सर्व: पूज्यमानो महातपा: । त्वगस्थिमात्रशेष: स षण्मासानभवन्नूप:

Transliteration

vane sa muniśiḥ sarvaḥ pūjyamāno mahātapāḥ | tvag-asthi-mātra-śeṣaḥ sa ṣaṇmāsān abhavan nūpaḥ ||

Translation

ಆ ಅರಣ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಎಲ್ಲ ಮುನಿಗಳು ಅವರನ್ನು ವಿಶೇಷ ಗೌರವದಿಂದ ಪೂಜಿಸಲಾರಂಭಿಸಿದರು. ಮಹಾತಪಸ್ವಿಯಾದ ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರನ ದೇಹವು ಚರ್ಮದಿಂದ ಮುಚ್ಚಿದ ಎಲುಬಿನ ಚೌಕಟ್ಟಷ್ಟೇ ಉಳಿಯಿತು; ಓ ನೃಪ, ಆ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಅವನು ಆರು ತಿಂಗಳು ಕಳೆದನು.

Word by Word

वनेin the forest

सःhe

मुनिःthe sage

सर्वैःby all (of them)

पूज्यमानःbeing honored

महातपाःthe great ascetic

त्वक्skin

अस्थिbone

मात्रonly, merely

शेषःremaining

सःhe

षण्मासान्six months (as duration)

अभवत्was, remained; spent (time)

नूपःanklet (reading uncertain in context)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

forest (vana)

sages (munayaḥ/ṛṣayaḥ)

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 the dharmic ideal that true honor follows inner discipline: when a former king embraces austerity and detachment, even forest sages revere him. It frames late-life renunciation as an ethical transformation from power to self-mastery.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes Dhṛtarāṣṭra living in the forest among sages. The ascetics honor him, and his body becomes extremely emaciated—only skin and bones—while he continues his austerities for six months.