Shloka 7

नारदेन धृतराष्ट्रगतिवर्णनम् | Nārada’s Account of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Future Course

Devanagari script

कच्चिद्‌ धर्मसुतो राजा त्वया प्रत्यभिनन्दित: । भीमार्जुनयमाश्वैव कच्चिदेतेडपि सान्त्विता:,“क्या तुमने धर्मपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरका अभिनन्दन किया है? भीम, अर्जुन, नकुल और सहदेवको भी धीरज बँधाया है?

Transliteration

kaccid dharmasuto rājā tvayā pratyabhinanditaḥ | bhīmārjunayamāśvaiva kaccid ete 'pi sāntvitāḥ ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు అన్నాడు—ధర్మపుత్రుడైన రాజు యుధిష్ఠిరుని నీవు యథోచితంగా అభినందించావా? అలాగే భీముడు, అర్జునుడు, యముని జంట కుమారులు—నకులుడు, సహదేవుడు—వారినీ సాంత్వనపరచి ధైర్యం కలిగించావా?

Word by Word

कच्चित्whether?, I hope

धर्मसुतःDharma's son (Yudhiṣṭhira)

राजाking

त्वयाby you

प्रत्यभिनन्दितःgreeted, welcomed

भीमBhīma

अर्जुनArjuna

यमौthe twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)

एवalso, indeed

कच्चित्whether?, I hope

एतेthese (persons)

अपिalso, even

सान्त्विताःconsoled, reassured

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmasuta)

Bhīma

Arjuna

Nakula

Sahadeva

Yama (as progenitor-identifier in 'yamāśvau')

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?

The verse highlights dharmic social conduct in times of sorrow: honoring rightful authority (Yudhiṣṭhira as king) and offering emotional reassurance to those burdened by grief. Ethical leadership and kinship duty include both formal respect and compassionate consolation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a concerned inquiry: someone is being asked whether they have properly greeted King Yudhiṣṭhira and whether they have also comforted the other Pāṇḍava brothers—Bhīma, Arjuna, and the twins Nakula and Sahadeva—indicating a context of distress where reassurance is needed.