Shloka 283

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा—व्यासोपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Collapse and Vyāsa’s Counsel

Devanagari script

गच्छ शीघ्र स्वकं स्थानं लोकान्‌ धारय शोभने । “देवि! इस प्रकार उस युद्धमें तेरे भारका नाश हो जायगा। शोभने! अब तू शीघ्र अपने स्थानपर जा और समस्त लोकोंको पूर्ववत्‌ धारण कर”

Transliteration

gaccha śīghra svakaṁ sthānaṁ lokān dhāraya śobhane |

Translation

ദേവി! ഇങ്ങനെ ആ യുദ്ധത്തിൽ നിന്റെ ഭാരം ലഘുവാകും. ശോഭനേ! ഇനി നീ വേഗം നിന്റെ സ്ഥാനത്തേക്ക് മടങ്ങി, സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളെയും മുൻപുപോലെ ധരിക്ക.

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वकम्: one's own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• स्थानम्: place, abode
• स्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• लोकान्: worlds, beings
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• धारय: support, uphold
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• शोभने: O beautiful one
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, vocative, singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Devī (addressed as śobhane)
• lokāḥ (the worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid catastrophic war, dharma requires restoring and sustaining the cosmic and social order; one must return to one’s rightful role (svakaṁ sthānam) and uphold the worlds (lokān dhāraya) rather than remain entangled in destructive burden.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses a divine feminine figure (Devī), urging her to depart quickly to her own abode and resume her function of sustaining the worlds, indicating that by withdrawing from the war-context her burden connected with that conflict will be relieved.