Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तेषां तु पुरुषेन्द्राणां रुवतां रुदितस्वन:,वहाँ रोदन करते हुए उन पुरुषप्रवर पाण्डवोंके रोनेका शब्द महलके विस्तारसे अवरुद्ध हुए भूतल और आकाशकमें गूँजने लगा

Transliteration

teṣāṁ tu puruṣendrāṇāṁ ruvatāṁ ruditāsvaraḥ | mahālavistareṇāvaruddho bhūtale 'kāśe ca ghoṣam āgamat ||

Translation

Mas o som do pranto—erguido por aqueles reis, fortes como touros, os mais eminentes entre os homens—embora abafado e contido pela vasta extensão do palácio, ainda assim se espalhou e ecoou pela terra e até o céu. A cena ressalta que a dor, nascida de vidas presas ao dever e de uma perda irreversível, não pode ser contida por muros nem pela grandeza régia; torna-se um lamento público, quase cósmico.

Word by Word

तेषाम्of them

तुbut/indeed

पुरुषेन्द्राणाम्of the best of men (kings/heroic men)

रुवताम्of (those) crying/roaring

रुदित-स्वनःthe sound of weeping (weeping-sound)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pāṇḍavas

palace (mahāla)

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?

The verse highlights the inevitability and universality of sorrow: even royal power and physical barriers cannot contain the consequences of loss. It implicitly points toward vairāgya (dispassion) and the ethical gravity of dharma-bound actions whose outcomes must be endured.

What is happening in the narrative?

The foremost men—identified in context as the Pāṇḍavas—are crying aloud. Their lament, though muffled by the palace’s vast structure, still reverberates widely, echoing across earth and sky, emphasizing the intensity of their grief.