Shloka 55

शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam

Devanagari script

प्राउ्जलिनि:श्वसन्तं च त॑ नरेन्द्र मुहुर्मुहु: । समाश्वासयत क्षत्ता वचसा मधुरेण च,उस समय बारंबार लंबी साँस खींचते हुए राजा धृतराष्ट्रको विदुरजीने हाथ जोड़कर अपनी मधुर वाणीद्वारा आश्वासन दिया

Transliteration

prauñjaliniḥśvasantaṃ ca taṃ narendra muhurmuhuḥ | samāśvāsayat kṣattā vacasā madhureṇa ca ||

Translation

ಆ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮರುಮರು ದೀರ್ಘ ನಿಶ್ವಾಸಗಳನ್ನು ಬಿಡುತ್ತ, ಕೈಮುಗಿದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದ ನರೇಂದ್ರ ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರನಿಗೆ ಕ್ಷತ್ತಾ ವಿದುರನು ಮಧುರ ವಚನಗಳಿಂದ ಪುನಃ ಪುನಃ ಧೈರ್ಯ ತುಂಬಿದನು.

Word by Word

प्राञ्जलिःwith joined hands (one with folded palms)

श्वसन्तम्breathing, sighing

चand

तम्him

नरेन्द्रम्the king (lord of men)

मुहुःagain, repeatedly

समाश्वासयत्comforted, reassured

क्षत्ताthe chamberlain (Vidura)

वचसाby speech, with words

मधुरेणsweet, gentle

चand

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Vidura (Kṣattā)

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?

A wise attendant or counselor serves dharma by calming a ruler’s agitation through respectful demeanor and truthful, gentle speech; compassion and measured words are ethical instruments of governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra is repeatedly sighing in distress; Vidura, with folded hands, repeatedly reassures and consoles him using sweet, soothing words.