Shloka 80

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डवेषु प्रीति-वृत्तान्तः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Affectionate Disposition toward the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

ग्लायते मे मनस्तात भूयो भूय: प्रजल्पत: । न मामतः: परं पुत्र परिक्लेष्टमिहाहसि,“तात! बार-बार बोलनेसे मेरा जी घबराता है, अतः बेटा! अब मुझे अधिक कष्टमें न डालो”

Transliteration

glāyate me manas tāta bhūyo bhūyaḥ prajalpataḥ | na mām ataḥ paraṃ putra parikleṣṭam ihāhasi ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు అన్నాడు— “తాతా! నీవు మళ్లీ మళ్లీ మాట్లాడుతుండగా నా మనస్సు అలసిపోతుంది. కనుక, కుమారా! ఇక్కడ నన్ను ఇక మరింత బాధ పెట్టవద్దు।”

Word by Word

ग्लायतेdroops, becomes weary

मेmy

मनःmind

तातdear one / son (voc.)

भूयःagain, further

भूयःagain, repeatedly

प्रजल्पतःof (you) talking prattling on

नnot

माम्me

अतःtherefore, hence

परम्further, more

पुत्रson (voc.)

परिक्लेश्टम्afflicted, pained

इहhere

आहसिyou say

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

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 an ethical restraint: repeated, agitating speech can intensify suffering. Sensitivity to another’s emotional limits—knowing when to stop pressing a topic—is presented as a humane form of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a speaker (addressing someone as ‘tāta/putra’) expresses mental exhaustion caused by repeated talk and asks the listener to stop, indicating a moment of emotional strain and a request for relief.