Ashramavasika Parva Adhyaya 15 Shloka 29 - Mahabharata | Lao | Vedapath

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Shloka 29

अध्याय १५ (Āśramavāsika-parva): धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनवासानुज्ञायाचनम् — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s renewed plea for consent to forest-dwelling

Devanagari script

इति सा निश्चितैवाशु वनवासाय भाविनी । लालप्यतां बहुविध॑ पुत्राणां नाकरोद्‌ वच:

Transliteration

iti sā niścitāivāśu vanavāsāya bhāvinī | lālapyatāṃ bahuvidhaṃ putrāṇāṃ nākarod vacaḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ກຸນຕີ ຜູ້ໝັ້ນຄົງແລະບໍ່ຫວັ່ນໄຫວ ໄດ້ຕັ້ງໃຈຢ່າງໄວວ່າຈະໄປຢູ່ປ່າ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ແມ່ນແມ່ນວ່າລູກຊາຍຂອງນາງຈະຮ້ອງໄຫ້ ແລະອ້ອນວອນຫຼາຍວິທີ, ນາງກໍບໍ່ຮັບຄຳຂໍຂອງພວກເຂົາ.

Word by Word

इतिthus

साshe

निश्चितresolved, determined

एवindeed, just

आशुquickly, at once

वनवासायfor dwelling in the forest (forest-exile)

भाविनीthe noble lady; Kunti

लालप्यताम्while lamenting/entreating

बहुविधम्in many ways, manifold

पुत्राणाम्of (her) sons

नnot

अकरोत्did (accept/do)

वचःword, request, entreaty

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kuntī

her sons (Pāṇḍavas, implied)

forest (vana)

forest-dwelling (vanavāsa)

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?

Steadfastness in a chosen dharmic path: Kuntī prioritizes a life of austerity and withdrawal (vanavāsa) over emotional persuasion, showing that ethical/spiritual resolve may require resisting even heartfelt familial appeals.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kuntī has already decided to go live in the forest. Her sons plead and lament in many ways to dissuade her, but she does not accept their request and remains firm in her decision.