Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यातानि परराष्ट्राणि नूपा भुक्ताश्च दासवत्‌

Transliteration

yātāni pararāṣṭrāṇi nūpā bhuktāś ca dāsavat

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—“వారు పరరాజ్యాలకు వెళ్లిపోయారు; అక్కడ దాసులవలె వాడబడ్డారు—ఆశ్రితులుగా చేసి శోషించబడ్డారు.”

Word by Word

यातानिgone, having gone

परराष्ट्राणिother kingdoms/foreign realms

नूपाःmen/people (nūpāḥ)

भुक्ताःenjoyed/used; (also) ruled over

चand

दासवत्like a slave

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

foreign kingdoms (pararāṣṭrāṇi)

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 the ethical degradation that follows the loss of sovereignty and protection: when people are driven into чужие realms, they may be treated as mere instruments for others’ pleasure and profit. It implicitly condemns exploitation and underscores a ruler’s dharma to safeguard dependents from such humiliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra about the harsh consequences faced by those displaced by conflict—forced to go to foreign kingdoms and reduced to a condition of servitude, treated ‘like slaves’ rather than as free persons with dignity.