Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एताश्चान्याश्व विविधा: शल्यभूता नराधिप:

Transliteration

etāś cānyāś ca vividhāḥ śalyabhūtā narādhipaḥ

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను— “ఇవి, ఇంకా ఇతర నానావిధ బాధలతో కూడి, ఆ నరాధిపుని అంతరంలో శల్యాలవలె గుచ్చుకొని—లోపల నుంచే అతనిని వేధించాయి.”

Word by Word

• एताः: these
• एताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्याः: other
• अन्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विविधाः: various, diverse
• विविधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• शल्यभूताः: become like thorns/afflictions
• शल्यभूताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective (past participial sense)
• Root: शल्यभूत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• नराधिपः: the king (lord of men)
• नराधिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• narādhipa (the king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses the metaphor of a lodged barb (śalya) to show how unresolved sorrow, guilt, and painful memories can wound from within; ethical life requires acknowledging such inner suffering and seeking rightful means of purification, restraint, and reconciliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues describing the king’s condition: multiple, varied troubles and griefs are weighing on him, experienced as sharp inner pains—setting the emotional ground for the renunciatory movement of the Āśramavāsika narrative.