Shloka 33

धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Permission for Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

असम्यग्‌ वा महाभागास्तत्‌ क्षन्तव्यमतन्द्रितैः । निष्पाप महाभागगण! पाण्डुके बाद मैंने भी आपलोगोंकी भली या बुरी सेवा की है, उसमें जो भूल हुई हो, उसके लिये आप आलस्यरहित प्रजाजन मुझे क्षमा करें

Transliteration

asamyag vā mahābhāgās tat kṣantavyam atandritaiḥ | niṣpāpa mahābhāga-gaṇa! pāṇḍuke bādha maiṃne bhī āpalogoṃkī bhalī yā burī sevā kī hai, usmeṃ jo bhūl huī ho, uske liye ālasyarahit prajājan mujhe kṣamā kareṃ |

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຖ້າມີສິ່ງໃດທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ເຮັດບໍ່ຖືກຕ້ອງ, ໂອ ທ່ານຜູ້ສູງສົ່ງ, ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານທັງຫຼາຍຜູ້ຕື່ນຕົວ ແລະບໍ່ປະມາດ ຈົ່ງອະໄພໃຫ້. ໂອ ສະພາແຫ່ງມະຫາບຸລຸດຜູ້ບໍລິສຸດ! ໃນການຮັບໃຊ້ຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຕໍ່ທ່ານ—ຈະດີຫຼືຂາດຕົກ—ຖ້າມີຄວາມຜິດພາດໃດເກີດຂຶ້ນ, ໂອ ປະຊາຊົນຜູ້ຂະຫຍັນ, ຂໍຈົ່ງອະໄພໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ»។

Word by Word

असम्यक्improperly, not rightly

वाor

महाभागाःO noble ones / O fortunate ones

तत्that (act/thing)

क्षन्तव्यम्should be forgiven

अतन्द्रितैःby the vigilant / by the unwearied

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

mahābhāgāḥ (noble ones/assembly)

prajājanāḥ (people/subjects)

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 models ethical humility: one who has served others should acknowledge possible faults and actively seek forgiveness, while the community is urged to be vigilant yet compassionate in granting pardon.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a respected, ‘sinless’ assembly and asks them to forgive any shortcomings in his service, framing the request as a duty of the attentive and disciplined listeners/community.