Shloka 10

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

Devanagari script

तेषामपि यथान्यायं पूजां चक्रे महातपा: । धृतराष्ट्राभ्यनुज्ञात: कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिर:,धृतराष्ट्रकी आज्ञासे महातपस्वी कुरुराज युधिष्ठिरने उन सबकी भी यथोचित पूजा की

Transliteration

teṣām api yathānyāyaṃ pūjāṃ cakre mahātapāḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭrābhyanujñātaḥ kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—ధృతరాష్ట్రుని అనుమతి పొందిన మహాతపస్వి కురురాజు యుధిష్ఠిరుడు, వారందరికీ విధివిధానంగా పూజా-సత్కారాలు చేశాడు.

Word by Word

तेषाम्of them / to them (in sense of for them)

अपिalso, even

यथा-न्यायम्according to propriety / as is proper

पूजाम्honour, worship, respectful reception

चand

चक्रेdid, performed

महातपाःthe great ascetic

धृतराष्ट्र-अभ्यनुज्ञातःpermitted/authorized by Dhṛtarāṣṭra

कुरुराजःthe king of the Kurus

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Kuru (dynasty/realm)

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?

Dharma is expressed through propriety and humility: even a righteous king acts with restraint, honoring others in the correct manner and seeking an elder’s consent, showing that authority is guided by respect and ethical procedure.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the forest-ascetic setting of the Āśramavāsika episode, Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully honors the people present (or those to be received) and does so only after obtaining Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s approval, reflecting deference to the senior Kuru elder.