Shloka 11

ऋषिसमागमः — युधिष्ठिरस्य शोकवर्णनम्

Sage Assembly and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Articulation of Grief

Devanagari script

दिष्ट्या मुक्तस्तु संग्रामादस्माल्लोक भयंकरात्‌ । क्षत्रधर्मरतश्चापि कच्चिन्मोदसि पाण्डव,'पाण्डुनन्दन! सौभाग्यकी बात है कि आप सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌को भयमें डालनेवाले इस संग्रामसे छुटकारा पा गये। अब क्षत्रियधर्मके पालनमें तत्पर रहकर आप प्रसन्न तो हैं न?

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: diṣṭyā muktas tu saṅgrāmād asmāl loka-bhayaṅkarāt | kṣatra-dharma-rataś cāpi kaccin modasi pāṇḍava ||

Translation

Ó Pāṇḍava! É uma ventura que tenhas sido libertado desta batalha terrível, que lançou o mundo no pavor. E agora, dedicado aos deveres do kṣatriya, estás em paz e com o coração alegre?

Word by Word

दिष्ट्याby good fortune; fortunately

मुक्तःfreed; released

तुindeed; but

संग्रामात्from the battle

अस्मात्from this

लोकthe world (people)

भयंकरात्from (that which is) terrifying

क्षत्रधर्मरतःdevoted to kshatriya-duty

चand

अपिalso; even

कच्चित्I hope; is it the case that...?

मोदसिyou rejoice; you are glad

पाण्डवO Pandava

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira / son of Pāṇḍu)

saṅgrāma (the great war)

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 after a righteous victory, the epic frames war as world-terrifying and morally weighty; the speaker tests whether the king can now return to kṣatriya-dharma—rule, protection, and responsibility—without being consumed by grief or triumphalism.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the opening of Śānti Parva, Vaiśampāyana narrates a concerned address to the Pāṇḍava king (Yudhiṣṭhira), noting his escape from the dreadful war and asking whether he is now content while remaining committed to the duties of a kṣatriya.