Shloka 39

Dvaipāyana-hrade Duryodhanasya Māyā — Yudhiṣṭhirasya Dharmoktiḥ (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 30)

Devanagari script

अथ स्थितानां पाण्डूनां दीनानां भरतर्षभ | तस्माद्‌ देशादपक्रम्य त्वरिता लुब्धका विभो

Transliteration

atha sthitānāṃ pāṇḍūnāṃ dīnānāṃ bharatarṣabha | tasmād deśād apakramya tvaritā lubdhakā vibho ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «О бык среди Бхаратов! Увидев Пандавов, стоявших там в скорби, охотники, гонимые жадностью, поспешно удалились с того места, о могучий».

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• स्थितानाम्: of those standing / stationed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पाण्डूनाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• दीनानाम्: of the distressed / wretched
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• देशात्: from the place
• देशात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अपक्रम्य: having withdrawn / having moved away
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप + क्रम् (धातु) → अपक्रम्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त अव्यय)

• त्वरिताः: hastened / in haste
• त्वरिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लुब्धकाः: hunters
• लुब्धकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लुब्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विभो: O mighty one / O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• lubdhakāḥ (hunters)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how greed and opportunism (implied by lubdhakāḥ) collapse in the face of visible suffering and danger; it implicitly contrasts noble endurance in adversity with self-interested flight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Pāṇḍavas are standing in a dejected state, and the hunters present there hastily leave that location, withdrawing from the scene.