Shloka 33

धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Permission for Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

असम्यग्‌ वा महाभागास्तत्‌ क्षन्तव्यमतन्द्रितैः । निष्पाप महाभागगण! पाण्डुके बाद मैंने भी आपलोगोंकी भली या बुरी सेवा की है, उसमें जो भूल हुई हो, उसके लिये आप आलस्यरहित प्रजाजन मुझे क्षमा करें

Transliteration

asamyag vā mahābhāgās tat kṣantavyam atandritaiḥ | niṣpāpa mahābhāga-gaṇa! pāṇḍuke bādha maiṃne bhī āpalogoṃkī bhalī yā burī sevā kī hai, usmeṃ jo bhūl huī ho, uske liye ālasyarahit prajājan mujhe kṣamā kareṃ |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Если что-либо было сделано мною ненадлежащим образом, о благородные, да будет это прощено вами — бдительными и не знающими нерадения. О безгрешное собрание великих! В моём служении вам — будь оно добрым или несовершенным — если случилась какая-либо ошибка, то, о усердные люди, прошу, простите меня».

Word by Word

असम्यक्improperly, not rightly

वाor

महाभागाःO noble ones / O fortunate ones

तत्that (act/thing)

क्षन्तव्यम्should be forgiven

अतन्द्रितैःby the vigilant / by the unwearied

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

mahābhāgāḥ (noble ones/assembly)

prajājanāḥ (people/subjects)

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 models ethical humility: one who has served others should acknowledge possible faults and actively seek forgiveness, while the community is urged to be vigilant yet compassionate in granting pardon.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a respected, ‘sinless’ assembly and asks them to forgive any shortcomings in his service, framing the request as a duty of the attentive and disciplined listeners/community.