Shloka 3

धृष्टद्युम्नेन समागतक्षत्रियगणगणना

Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Enumeration of Assembled Kṣatriyas

Devanagari script

अथ चिन्तां समापेदे पुन: कौरवनन्दन । अम्भस्यस्या निमज्जेयमिति दुःखसमन्वित:,कौरवनन्दन! (उसे देखकर) दुःखसे युक्त वसिष्ठजीके मनमें फिर यह विचार आया कि मैं इसी नदीके जलमें डूब जाऊँ

Transliteration

atha cintāṃ samāpede punaḥ kauravanandana | ambhasy asyā nimajjeyam iti duḥkhasamanvitaḥ ||

Translation

అప్పుడు, ఓ కౌరవనందనా, అతడు మళ్లీ ఆలోచనలో పడెను. దుఃఖంతో నిండిపోయి—“ఈ నదీ జలములోనే నేను మునిగిపోతాను” అని నిర్ణయించెను.

Word by Word

अथthen

चिन्ताम्thought, anxiety

समापेदेhe conceived/entertained (a thought)

पुनःagain

कौरव-नन्दनO son of the Kauravas

अम्भसिin the water

अस्याःof this (river/woman)

निमज्जेयम्I should sink/drown

इतिthus

दुःख-समन्वितःendowed with sorrow, sorrowful

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

ग

गन्धर्व (Gandharva, speaker)

क

कौरवनन्दन (Kuru prince addressed)

न

नदी (river, implied by 'asyāḥ ambhasaḥ')

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse portrays how intense sorrow can cloud judgment and lead to thoughts of self-destruction; it implicitly invites reflection on dharma as steadiness and the need to resist despair-driven decisions.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker describes a person—addressed in the telling to a Kuru prince—who, seeing the situation, becomes overwhelmed with grief and decides to drown himself in the river’s waters.