Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एवं दुःखमनुप्राप्तमिन्द्रेण सह भार्यया । अज्ञातवासश्न कृत: शत्रूणां वधकाड्क्षया,युधिष्ठिर! इस प्रकार पत्नीसहित इन्द्रने बारंबार दुःख उठाया और शत्रुओंके वधकी इच्छासे अज्ञातवास भी किया

Transliteration

evaṁ duḥkham anuprāptam indreṇa saha bhāryayā | ajñātavāsaś ca kṛtaḥ śatrūṇāṁ vadhakāṅkṣayā, yudhiṣṭhira |

Translation

యుధిష్ఠిరా! ఈ విధంగా ఇంద్రుడు తన భార్యతో కూడి ఎన్నోసార్లు దుఃఖాన్ని అనుభవించాడు; శత్రువులను సంహరించాలనే ఆకాంక్షతో అజ్ఞాతవాసమును కూడా చేశాడు.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

दुःखम्sorrow, suffering

अनुप्राप्तम्attained/undergone, having come upon (him)

इन्द्रेणby Indra

सहtogether with

भार्ययाwith (his) wife

अज्ञातवासम्living in concealment/unknown residence

चand

कृतःdone, undertaken

शत्रूणाम्of enemies

वधkilling, slaying

आकाङ्क्षयाwith the desire/expectation

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śalya

Yudhiṣṭhira

Indra

Indra's consort (Bhāryā)

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?

Even the greatest—like Indra—may endure hardship and accept concealment when guided by a purposeful aim; endurance and strategic restraint can be part of righteous action when directed toward removing hostile forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, citing Indra as an example: Indra, along with his consort, bore repeated suffering and even lived incognito, motivated by the intention to destroy enemies—an illustrative precedent offered within counsel about conduct amid conflict.