Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तामपश्यन्निपतितां वसुदेव: क्षितौ तदा । दृष्टवैव च पपातोर्व्या सोडपि दु:खेन मूर्च्छित:,वसुदेवजीने बेटी सुभद्राको पृथ्वीपर गिरी हुई देखा। देखते ही वे भी दुःखसे मूर्च्छित हो धरतीपर गिर पड़े

Transliteration

tām apaśyann ipatitāṃ Vasudevaḥ kṣitau tadā | dṛṣṭvaiva ca papātorvyā so 'pi duḥkhena mūrcchitaḥ ||

Translation

तामपश्यन्निपतितां वसुदेवः क्षितौ तदा । दृष्ट्वैव च पपातोर्व्यां सोऽपि दुःखेन मूर्च्छितः ॥

Word by Word

ताम्her

अपश्यत्saw

निपतिताम्fallen down

वसुदेवःVasudeva

क्षितौon the ground

तदाthen

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

एवindeed/just

चand

पपातfell

उर्व्याम्on the earth

सःhe

उतalso/and

अपिalso/even

दुःखेनwith grief

मूर्च्छितःfainted/unconscious

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vasudeva

Subhadrā

kṣiti (earth/ground)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and emotional aftermath of violence: even revered elders can be overwhelmed by grief, reminding the listener that war’s consequences extend beyond victory to profound human suffering and compassion for the fallen.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasudeva sees Subhadrā lying fallen on the earth; the shock and sorrow immediately cause him too to collapse and faint on the ground.