Shloka 11

अध्याय १: उत्पात-दर्शनम् तथा वृष्णि-विनाश-श्रवणम्

Omens Observed and the Hearing of the Vṛṣṇi Destruction

Devanagari script

मौसलं ते समाश्रित्य दुःखशोकसमन्विता: । विषण्णा हतसंकल्पा: पाण्डवा: समुपाविशन्‌,इस मौसलकाण्डकी बातको लेकर सारे पाण्डव दुःख-शोकमें डूब गये। उनके मनमें विषाद छा गया और वे हताश हो मन मारकर बैठ गये

Transliteration

mauśalaṁ te samāśritya duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ | viṣaṇṇā hatasaṅkalpāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samupāviśan ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: Ao ouvirem aquela calamidade do episódio das clavas, os Pāṇḍavas foram tomados por dor e luto. O ânimo lhes caiu, a determinação se quebrou, e, em desalento, sentaram-se.

Word by Word

• मौसलम्: the Mausala (episode/section)
• मौसलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौसल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• समाश्रित्य: having resorted to / having taken up (as the topic)
• समाश्रित्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), —

• दुःखशोकसमन्विताः: endowed with sorrow and grief
• दुःखशोकसमन्विताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख-शोक-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विषण्णाः: dejected
• विषण्णाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषण्ण (प्रातिपदिक; क्त participle from वि+सद्/षद् in sense 'to sink, be dejected')
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हतसंकल्पाः: whose resolve was destroyed / despairing
• हतसंकल्पाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समुपाविशन्: sat down / took their seats
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उप + आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Mauśala (club-episode/calamity)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the greatest heroes are not exempt from the collapse of worldly supports; when time (kāla) and accumulated karma ripen, grief arises naturally. The verse underscores impermanence and the ethical need to move from shock and despair toward steadiness and discernment in the face of inevitable loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

After receiving news of the Mauśala calamity (the club-episode leading to the destruction of the Yādavas), the Pāṇḍavas are overwhelmed by sorrow. Their confidence and plans falter, and they sit down in dejection, marking a turning point toward withdrawal from worldly life.