Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

तामृषिर्वरदो व्यासो दूरश्रवणदर्शन:

Transliteration

tām ṛṣir varado vyāso dūraśravaṇadarśanaḥ

Translation

அப்போது வரம் அளிப்பவரும், தொலைவில் நிகழ்வதை கேட்டு காணும் ஆற்றல் உடையவருமான முனிவர் வியாசர் (அங்கே) இருந்தார்.

Word by Word

• ताम्: her / that (f.)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वरदः: boon-giving
• वरदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दूरश्रवणदर्शनः: having far-hearing and far-seeing (clairaudient and clairvoyant)
• दूरश्रवणदर्शनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूरश्रवणदर्शन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral authority of a true ṛṣi: wisdom is paired with compassion and the capacity to perceive beyond ordinary limits, enabling guidance that supports dharma and alleviates suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana introduces Vyāsa as a boon-granting sage with extraordinary distant hearing and sight, signaling that Vyāsa is about to intervene or advise with knowledge that transcends normal human perception.