Shloka 48

अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal

Devanagari script

तव प्रसादाद्‌ भगवन्‌ विशोको<यं महीपति:

Transliteration

tava prasādād bhagavan viśoko ’yaṃ mahīpatiḥ

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच—तव प्रसादाद् भगवन् विशोकोऽयं महीपतिः।

Word by Word

• तव: of you / your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: from (your) grace/favor
• प्रसादात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• भगवन्: O Blessed one / O Lord
• भगवन्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative title)
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• विशोकः: free from sorrow
• विशोकः: कर्ता
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशोक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महीपतिः: king (lord of the earth)
• महीपतिः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• bhagavān (revered lord/holy person addressed)
• mahīpati (the king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sorrow is alleviated not merely by power or possession but through the grace and guidance of a spiritually venerable person; ethical and inner steadiness arise when one receives such compassionate support.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports that, due to the revered figure’s favor, the king’s grief has been dispelled—marking a moment of consolation and moral-spiritual reassurance within the Ashramavāsika context.