Shloka 26

दमयन्त्याः अरण्यविहारः — Damayantī’s Passage through the Wilderness

Devanagari script

उद्वेजते मे हृदयं सीदन्त्यड्रानि सर्वश:ः । तव पार्थिव संकल्पं चिन्तयन्त्या: पुन: पुन:

Transliteration

udvejate me hṛdayaṃ sīdanty aṅgāni sarvaśaḥ | tava pārthiva saṅkalpaṃ cintayantyāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

ကျွန်မ၏နှလုံးသည် ကြောက်ရွံ့ခြင်းကြောင့် တုန်လှုပ်နေပြီး ကိုယ်အင်္ဂါအစိတ်အပိုင်းအားလုံးလည်း အားနည်းယိုင်လဲလာသည်။ အို မင်းမြတ်၊ သင်၏ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်ကို ထပ်ခါထပ်ခါ စဉ်းစားမိတိုင်း ကျွန်မသည် စိုးရိမ်ပူပန်မှုဖြင့် ဖိစီးခံရသည်။

Word by Word

उद्वेजतेis agitated / trembles

मेmy / of me

हृदयंheart

सीदन्तिsink / droop / fail

अड्रानिmountains

सर्वशःon all sides / entirely

तवyour / of you

पार्थिवO king / O ruler

संकल्पंintention / resolve / plan

चिन्तयन्त्याःof (me) thinking / while thinking

पुनःagain

Speaker

बृहृदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

बृहदश्व (Bṛhadaśva)

प

पार्थिव (the king addressed)

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?

A grave resolve—especially a royal decision with ethical consequences—should be weighed carefully, because even well-wishers may foresee danger and moral risk; repeated reflection can reveal the seriousness of one’s intention and its potential fallout.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhadaśva speaks to a king, confessing that his heart trembles and his body weakens as he repeatedly contemplates the king’s determined plan, indicating foreboding and urging caution through emotional and moral alarm.