Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सर्वे चासन्‌ निरुत्साहा: पाण्डवा जातमन्यव: । कुन्त्या हीना: सुदुःखार्ता वत्सा इव विनाकृता:,समस्त पाण्डवोंका उत्साह नष्ट हो गया था। वे दीन एवं दुखी हो गये थे। कुन्तीसे बिछुड़कर अत्यन्त दुःखसे आतुर हो वे बिना गायके बछड़ोंके समान व्याकुल हो गये थे

Transliteration

sarve cāsan nirutsāhāḥ pāṇḍavā jātamanyavaḥ | kuntyā hīnāḥ suduḥkhārtā vatsā iva vinākṛtāḥ ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను— పాండవులందరి ఉత్సాహం క్షీణించింది; వారి కోపం కొత్తగా రగిలింది. కుంతీ నుండి విడిపోయి వారు ఘోర శోకంతో కలవరపడ్డారు— తల్లిగోవు లేని దూడలవలె అశాంతులై తిరిగారు।

Word by Word

सर्वेall

चand

आसन्were

निरुत्साहाःwithout enthusiasm, dispirited

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

जातमन्यवःwhose anger had arisen (angered)

कुन्त्याby/with Kunti

हीनाःdeprived (of), bereft

सुदुःखार्ताःgreatly afflicted by sorrow

वत्साःcalves

इवlike, as if

विनाwithout

कृताःmade, rendered

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Kuntī

calves (vatsāḥ)

cow (implied by the simile)

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 psychological role of elders: when a moral anchor like Kuntī is lost, even dharma-trained heroes can become dispirited, grief-stricken, and prone to fresh anger. It points to the need for steadiness (dhairya) and mutual support in bereavement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the Pāṇḍavas’ emotional collapse after being separated from Kuntī. They lose their former resolve, become intensely sorrowful, and are compared to calves anxiously searching for their mother.