Shloka 10
Devanagari script
एताश्चान्याश्व विविधा: शल्यभूता नराधिप:
Transliteration
etāś cānyāś ca vividhāḥ śalyabhūtā narādhipaḥ
Translation
वैशंपायन म्हणाले— “आणि या तसेच इतर नानाविध व्यथा त्या नराधिपाच्या अंतःकरणात शल्यासारख्या रुतून बसल्या—आतून आत त्याला भेदून संतप्त करू लागल्या.”
Word by Word
एताःthese
एताः:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अन्याःother
अन्याः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
विविधाःvarious, diverse
विविधाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविविध
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
शल्यभूताःbecome like thorns/afflictions
शल्यभूताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective (past participial sense)
Rootशल्यभूत
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
नराधिपःthe king (lord of men)
नराधिपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनराधिप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaN
narādhipa (the king)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
The verse uses the metaphor of a lodged barb (śalya) to show how unresolved sorrow, guilt, and painful memories can wound from within; ethical life requires acknowledging such inner suffering and seeking rightful means of purification, restraint, and reconciliation.
Vaiśampāyana continues describing the king’s condition: multiple, varied troubles and griefs are weighing on him, experienced as sharp inner pains—setting the emotional ground for the renunciatory movement of the Āśramavāsika narrative.