Shloka 6

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच तथा तौ कथयित्वा तु बाष्पमुत्सूज्य दु:खितौ । रात्रिशेषं तमत्युग्रं धारयामासतुर्ह्ददि,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! इस प्रकार बातचीत करके वे दोनों दुःखी दम्पति आँसू बहाकर अलग हुए तथा रात्रिके शेषभागको उन्होंने बड़ी व्याकुल॒तासे बिताया और आपसकी बातचीतको मनमें ही गुप्त रखा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca tathā tau kathayitvā tu bāṣpam utsṛjya duḥkhitau | rātriśeṣaṃ tam atyugraṃ dhārayāmāsatur hṛdi ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ଏପରି ପରସ୍ପର କଥା କହି, ଦୁଃଖାକୁଳ ହୋଇ ଅଶ୍ରୁ ଝରାଇ ସେ ଦୁଇଜଣ ଅଲଗା ହେଲେ। ସେଇ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଉତ୍କଟ ରାତିର ଶେଷ ଅଂଶକୁ ସେମାନେ ନିଜ କଥାକୁ ହୃଦୟରେ ଗୁପ୍ତ ରଖି ସହିଗଲେ।

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

तथाthus, in that manner

तौthose two

कथयित्वाhaving conversed/told

तुbut, indeed

बाष्पम्tears

उत्सृज्यhaving shed/let out

दुःखितौgrieved, sorrowful

रात्रिशेषम्the remainder of the night

तम्that (remainder)

अति-उग्रम्very intense/terrible

धारयामासतुःthey bore/endured (spent)

हृदिin (their) heart

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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?

Even amid intense grief, one should practice restraint and discretion—containing speech and safeguarding confidential matters—so that personal emotion does not endanger dharma or a necessary larger aim.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a private conversation, a sorrow-stricken pair separates in tears and spends the rest of the night in acute mental turmoil, keeping what they discussed hidden in their hearts.