Shloka 16

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच शासनाद्‌ धृतराष्ट्रस्थ दुर्योधनममर्षणम्‌ । मातुश्न वचनात्‌ क्षत्ता सभां प्रावेशयत्‌ पुनः,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! पिता धृतराष्ट्रके आदेश और माता गान्धारीकी आज्ञासे विदुर असहिष्णु दुर्योधनको पुन: सभामें बुला ले आये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | śāsanād dhṛtarāṣṭrasya duryodhanam amarṣaṇam | mātuś ca vacanāt kṣattā sabhāṁ prāveśayat punaḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຕາມພະບັນຊາຂອງ ທຣິຕຣາດສະຕຣະ ແລະຕາມຄຳຂອງແມ່ ຄັນທາຣີ, ວິດູຣະ ຜູ້ຮັບໃຊ້ໃນວັງ ໄດ້ນຳ ດຸຣະໂຢທະນະ ຜູ້ອົດທົນບໍ່ໄດ້ ກັບເຂົ້າສູ່ສະພາຫຼວງອີກຄັ້ງ»។

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

शासनात्from the command

धृतराष्ट्रस्यof Dhṛtarāṣṭra

दुर्योधनम्Duryodhana

अमर्षणम्intolerant, impatient

मातुःof (his) mother

वचनात्from the word/command

क्षत्ताthe chamberlain (Vidura)

सभाम्the assembly hall

प्रावेशयत्caused to enter, brought in

पुनःagain

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Duryodhana

Gāndhārī

Vidura (Kṣattā)

Sabhā (royal assembly)

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?

Even a powerful and angry person can be recalled to dialogue when legitimate authority (the king’s command) and moral influence (the mother’s counsel) converge; the verse highlights the ethical necessity of returning to counsel and deliberation rather than remaining in obstinate resentment.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Duryodhana has withdrawn in anger, Vidura, acting as kṣattā (court chamberlain/minister), brings him back into the royal assembly on Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s order and at Gāndhārī’s urging, so that the court’s discussion may continue.