Shloka 533

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

उपवासपरिश्रान्तो यदा त्वमपि कर्शित: । “आप भी तो जराजीर्ण

Transliteration

upavāsa-pariśrānto yadā tvam api karśitaḥ |

Translation

ଯେତେବେଳେ ଆପଣ ମଧ୍ୟ ଉପବାସରେ କ୍ଳାନ୍ତ ହୋଇ କୃଶ ହୋଇପଡ଼ିଛନ୍ତି, ସେତେବେଳେ ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ ଯେ ଆପଣ ଜରାଜୀର୍ଣ୍ଣ, ବୃଦ୍ଧ, କ୍ଷୁଧାତୁର ଓ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଦୁର୍ବଳ। ତେଣୁ ଆପଣ ଯେପରି ଭୁଖର କଷ୍ଟ ସହନ କରନ୍ତି, ସେପରି ମୁଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ସହିବି।

Word by Word

• उपवासपरिश्रान्तः: wearied by fasting
• उपवासपरिश्रान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवास-परिश्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यदा: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• कर्शितः: emaciated, weakened
• कर्शितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्शित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights titikṣā (patient endurance) and shared discipline: one should bear hardship with steadiness, and ethical resolve is strengthened when austerity is undertaken with empathy and solidarity rather than pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula addresses another person who is visibly weakened by fasting and hunger, pointing out their frailty and fatigue; he then declares that he too will endure the same hunger, presenting the act as a mutual commitment to austerity.