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अजिनै: संवृतान्‌ दृष्टवा हृतराज्यानरिंदमान्‌ | प्रस्थितान्‌ वनवासाय ततो दुःशासनोडब्रवीत्‌,जिनका राज्य छिन गया था, वे शत्रुदमन पाण्डव जब मृगचर्मसे अपने अंगोंको ढँककर वनवासके लिये प्रस्थित हुए, उस समय दुःशासनने सभामें उनको लक्ष्य करके कहा --[

ajinaḥ saṁvṛtān dṛṣṭvā hṛtarājyān ariṁdamān | prasthitān vanavāsāya tato duḥśāsano ’bravīt ||

മാൻതോലിൽ പൊതിഞ്ഞ്, രാജ്യം നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട, ശത്രുനിഗ്രഹികളായ പാണ്ഡവർ വനവാസത്തിനായി പുറപ്പെടുന്നത് കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, ദുഃശാസനൻ സഭയിൽ അവരെ ലക്ഷ്യമാക്കി സംസാരിച്ചു.

अजिनैःwith deerskins
अजिनैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअजिन
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
संवृतान्covered, clad
संवृतान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसंवृत (सम्+वृ)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
हृतtaken away, seized
हृत:
TypeAdjective
Rootहृत (हृ)
FormNeuter
राज्यान्kingdoms, sovereignty
राज्यान्:
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
अरिंदमान्enemy-subduing
अरिंदमान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअरिंदम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
प्रस्थितान्departed, set out
प्रस्थितान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रस्थित (प्र+स्था)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
वनवासायfor forest-dwelling (exile)
वनवासाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootवनवास
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
दुःशासनःDuhshasana
दुःशासनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुःशासन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid, spoke
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṁpāyana
P
Pāṇḍavas
D
Duḥśāsana
A
ajina (deerskins)
S
sabha (assembly hall)
V
vanavāsa (forest exile)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how adharma manifests as public humiliation of the dispossessed; ethical failure is not only in unjust outcomes (loss of kingdom) but also in the cruelty and mockery that accompany them.

After losing their kingdom, the Pandavas don deerskins and begin their forest exile; at that moment, Duḥśāsana speaks in the assembly, targeting them—setting the tone of taunting and moral degradation in the Kaurava court.