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Shloka 9

Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)

अपश्यन्तश्न॒ पितरौ कथमूषुर्महावने । “तात! वे बचपनमें ही पिताके प्यारसे वंचित हो गये थे। मैंने ही सदा उनका लालन- पालन किया। मेरे पुत्र सिंह, व्याप्र और हाथियोंसे भरे हुए उस विशाल वनमें कैसे रहे होंगे? माता-पिताको न देखते हुए उन्होंने उस महान्‌ वनमें किस प्रकार निवास किया होगा? ।। शड्खदुन्दुभिनिर्धोषिमदज्जै्वेणुनिस्चनै:

apasyantaś ca pitarau katham ūṣur mahāvane | “tāta! te bacapanam eva pitṛ-snehena vañcitā abhavan | mayā eva sadā teṣāṁ lālana-pālanaṁ kṛtam | mama putrāḥ siṁha-vyāghra-hasti-saṅkule tasmin viśāle vane kathaṁ nivasanty abhavan? mātā-pitarau na paśyantaḥ te mahāvane kathaṁ vāsaṁ kṛtavantaḥ?” || śaṅkha-dundubhi-nirdhoṣi-madājya-veṇu-niśvanaiḥ

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ମାତା-ପିତାଙ୍କୁ ନ ଦେଖି ସେମାନେ ସେ ମହାବନରେ କିପରି ରହିଲେ? ‘ତାତ! ବାଳ୍ୟକାଳରୁ ସେମାନେ ପିତୃସ୍ନେହରୁ ବଞ୍ଚିତ; ମୁଁ ହିଁ ସଦା ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ଲାଳନ-ପାଳନ କରିଛି। ସିଂହ, ବ୍ୟାଘ୍ର ଓ ଗଜରେ ଭରିଥିବା ସେ ବିଶାଳ ଅରଣ୍ୟରେ ମୋ ପୁତ୍ରମାନେ କିପରି ରହିଥିବେ? ମାତା-ପିତାଙ୍କ ଦର୍ଶନ ନ ପାଇ ସେମାନେ ସେ ମହାବନରେ କିପରି ନିବାସ କଲେ?’—ଏହିପରି କହି; ତାପରେ ଶଙ୍ଖ ଓ ଦୁନ୍ଦୁଭିର ନିର୍ଘୋଷ, ତୂର୍ୟର ଘୋଷ ଏବଂ ବେଣୁର ଶିଟି-ନାଦରେ ଅରଣ୍ୟ ପ୍ରତିନାଦିତ ହେଲା।

अपश्यन्तःnot seeing
अपश्यन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअपश्यत् (√पश्)
Formवर्तमान-कर्तरि, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पितरौthe two parents (father and mother)
पितरौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन
कथम्how
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
ऊषुःthey dwelt / stayed
ऊषुः:
TypeVerb
Root√वस्
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथम, बहुवचन
महावनेin the great forest
महावने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहावन
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
P
parents (mother and father)
S
sons
G
great forest (mahāvana)
L
lions
T
tigers
E
elephants
C
conch (śaṅkha)
K
kettledrum (dundubhi)
T
trumpet (implied by tūrya/veṇu context)
F
flute (veṇu)

Educational Q&A

The verse foregrounds the ethical weight of parental responsibility and compassion: deprivation of parental presence is portrayed as a profound hardship, and the caregiver’s duty (lālana-pālana) becomes a moral claim that intensifies grief and concern for the vulnerable.

Vaiśampāyana reports a lament: someone reflects that the children, deprived of a father’s love and unable to see their parents, must have suffered terribly while living in a vast forest filled with dangerous animals; the scene is framed amid loud martial or ceremonial sounds—conches, drums, and wind instruments—suggesting a charged public setting.