Shloka 19

अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा समागममिमं सर्वेषां वस्तुतो नूप

Transliteration

śrutvā samāgamam imaṃ sarveṣāṃ vastuto nūpa

Translation

हे नृप! सर्वांचा हा समागम जसा खरोखर घडला, तसा वृत्तान्त ऐकून…

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• समागमम्: meeting, assembly
• समागमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• वस्तुतः: in reality, truly
• वस्तुतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वस्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्यय (ablatival adverb)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• उप: near; towards (as a preverb/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• nṛpa (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line foregrounds fidelity to truth (vastutaḥ): the narrator emphasizes that what follows is to be understood as an accurate account, reinforcing the ethical value of truthful transmission of events to a ruler.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and transitions the story by saying that, after hearing about a significant meeting/assembly of all parties, he proceeds to relate what occurred (the verse is a connective lead-in to the next statement).