Shloka 25

Devanagari script

स तेषामतिदुःखो भून्निवास: प्रथमे5हनि । शोचतां शोच्यमानानां पौरजानपदैर्जनै:,नगर और जनपदके लोग जिनके लिये शोक कर रहे थे तथा जो स्वयं भी शोकममग्न थे, उन धृतराष्ट्र आदिके लिये यह पहले दिनका निवास बड़ा ही दुःखदायी प्रतीत हुआ

Transliteration

sa teṣām atiduḥkho bhūn nivāsaḥ prathame ’hani | śocatāṃ śocyamānānāṃ paurajānapadair janaiḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Для них то жилище в первый день оказалось невыносимо мучительным — горожане и жители окрестных сел оплакивали их, а они сами, будучи в трауре, были погружены в скорбь.

Word by Word

सःhe/that (residence)

तेषाम्of/for them

अतिदुःखःvery sorrowful

भूत्became/was

निवासःdwelling/residence

प्रथमेon the first

अहनिday

शोचताम्of those grieving

शोच्यमानानाम्of those being mourned

पौरजनपदैःby townsmen and countryfolk

जनैःby people

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

paurāḥ (townspeople)

jānāpadāḥ (people of the countryside)

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 a dharmic step such as withdrawing to a forest life can begin in intense suffering when one carries the moral and emotional residue of past actions; the verse highlights the ethical weight of collective loss and the human reality of grief.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Dhr̥tarāṣṭra and his companions begin their new residence (in the context of leaving royal life), the very first day feels extremely painful: the citizens and villagers lament for them, and they too remain overwhelmed by sorrow.