Shloka 33

Adhyāya 6: Kaṅka (Yudhiṣṭhira) Seeks Refuge in Virāṭa’s Assembly

Devanagari script

न तेषां दुर्लभ किंचिदस्मिललोके भविष्यति । इदं स्तोत्रवरं भकत्या शृणुयाद्‌ वा पठेत वा

Transliteration

na teṣāṃ durlabhaṃ kiṃcid asmiṃl loke bhaviṣyati | idaṃ stotravaraṃ bhaktyā śṛṇuyād vā paṭhet vā

Translation

അവർക്കു ഈ ലോകത്തിൽ ഒന്നും ദുർലഭമാകുകയില്ല. ഈ ശ്രേഷ്ഠസ്തോത്രം ഭക്തിയോടെ ശ്രവിക്കുകയോ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പാരായണം ചെയ്യുകയോ വേണം.

Word by Word

नnot

तेषाम्of them

दुर्लभम्hard to obtain

किंचित्anything (something)

अस्मिन्in this

लोकेworld

भविष्यतिwill be

इदम्this

स्तोत्रवरम्excellent hymn

भक्त्याwith devotion

शृणुयात्should hear

वाor

पठेतshould recite/read

वाor

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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?

Devoted engagement with sacred praise—either by listening (śravaṇa) or reciting (pāṭha)—is portrayed as spiritually efficacious and practically beneficial, removing obstacles so that nothing remains difficult to attain in worldly life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana concludes or emphasizes the promised benefit (phalaśruti) of a preceding hymn, instructing that one should hear or recite this ‘excellent stotra’ with devotion, and stating the resulting ease of attainment in this world.