Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

कृच्छेण तु ततो राजा धृतराष्ट्री महीपति:

Transliteration

kṛcchreṇa tu tato rājā dhṛtarāṣṭrī mahīpatiḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം ഭൂമിപതി രാജാവ് ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രൻ അത്യന്തം പ്രയാസത്തോടെ (സംസാരിക്കാൻ/മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങാൻ) കഴിഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• कृच्छेण: with difficulty
• कृच्छेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्री: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महीपतिः: lord of the earth (king)
• महीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores how the burdens of adharma and war manifest as inner strain: even a powerful ruler is brought to act or speak only 'with difficulty,' suggesting the moral and emotional weight of consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the Kuru king, is in a state of hardship and can proceed only with difficulty—setting a tone of distress as the events of the Shalya Parva unfold.