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Shloka 58

Devanagari script

परां पीडां समाश्रित्य नष्टचित्तो महातपा: । चिन्ताशोकपरीतात्मा न जज्ञे मोहपीडित: । स समाश्चासितो राजा तृष्णीमासीद्‌ विचेतन:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | parāṃ pīḍāṃ samāśritya naṣṭacitto mahātapāḥ | cintāśokaparītātmā na jajñe mohapīḍitaḥ | sa samāścāsito rājā tṛṣṇīm āsīd vicetanaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: Tomado por uma dor extrema, o grande rei asceta perdeu a lucidez. Seu íntimo foi cercado por ansiedade e luto; atormentado pela ilusão, não compreendia o que devia ser feito. Assim, já sentado, o rei permaneceu em silêncio, como se estivesse inconsciente.

Word by Word

पराम्great, extreme

पीडाम्pain, affliction

समाश्रित्यhaving resorted to / having undergone

नष्टचित्तःone whose mind is lost

महातपाःthe great ascetic (king)

चिन्ताशोकपरीतात्माwhose self was overwhelmed by anxiety and grief

नnot

जज्ञेhe knew / he perceived

मोहपीडितःafflicted by delusion

सःhe

समाश्वासितःconsoled, reassured

चand

आसीतwas / remained

राजाthe king

तृष्णीम्silently

आसीतwas / remained

विचेतनःunconscious, senseless

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

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 how overwhelming grief and attachment can eclipse discernment (viveka), leaving even a powerful king mentally incapacitated. Ethically, it warns that surrendering entirely to sorrow and fatalism can paralyze responsible action and understanding.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the catastrophic losses of the Kurukṣetra war, Dhṛtarāṣṭra is seized by intense anguish. He becomes bewildered and unresponsive, sitting silently as if unconscious, while the narrator Vaiśampāyana describes his state of mind.