Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अनेकाग्रं तु तं दृष्टवा शकुनि: प्रत्यभाषत । दुर्योधन कुतोमूलं नि:श्वसन्निव गच्छसि,उसे नाना प्रकारकी चिन्ताओंसे युक्त देख शकुनि-ने पूछा--'दुर्योधन! तुम्हें कहाँसे यह दुःखका कारण प्राप्त हो गया, जिससे तुम लंबी साँसें खींचते चल रहे हो”

Transliteration

anekāgraṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā śakuniḥ pratyabhāṣata | duryodhana kuto-mūlaṃ niḥśvasann iva gacchasi ||

Translation

பலவகை கவலை எண்ணங்களில் சிதறியவனாக அவனைப் பார்த்து சகுனி கூறினான்—“துரியோதனனே! எந்த மூலத்திலிருந்து இந்தத் துயரம் உனக்குத் தோன்றியது? நீ நீண்ட மூச்செறிந்து நடக்கிறாயே?”

Word by Word

अनेकाग्रम्distracted; having many points (of thought)

तुbut/indeed

तम्him

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

शकुनिःShakuni

प्रत्यभाषतaddressed; spoke to

दुर्योधनO Duryodhana

कुतःfrom where/whence

मूलम्root; cause

निःश्वसन्sighing; breathing out

इवas if/like

गच्छसिyou go/are going

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śakuni

Duryodhana

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?

Unchecked mental agitation—fed by envy and desire—reveals itself as visible distress; wise or crafty counselors probe the ‘root cause’ because inner motives shape outward action and future ethical choices.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Śakuni notices Duryodhana walking while distracted and sighing, and he questions him about the origin of his grief—setting up a counsel-driven turn in the court’s political intrigue.