Shloka 36

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तास्ते द्विजा: सर्वे मुनिना गुरुणा तदा । पाण्डवेभ्यो भृशं भीता दुद्गुवुस्ते दिशो दश,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! गुरु दुर्वासा मुनिके ऐसा कहनेपर वे सब ब्राह्मण पाण्डवोंसे अत्यन्त भयभीत हो दसों दिशाओंमें भाग गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ity uktās te dvijāḥ sarve muninā guruṇā tadā | pāṇḍavebhyo bhṛśaṃ bhītā dudruvus te diśo daśa ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు అన్నాడు— గురుముని ఇలా చెప్పగానే, ఆ బ్రాహ్మణులందరూ పాండవుల పట్ల తీవ్రమైన భయంతో వెంటనే పది దిశలకూ చెదిరి పారిపోయారు.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्ताःhaving been told/addressed

तेthey/those

द्विजाःbrahmins (twice-born)

सर्वेall

मुनिनाby the sage

गुरुणाby the teacher/elder

तदाthen

पाण्डवेभ्यःfrom the Pāṇḍavas

भृशम्exceedingly

भीताःfrightened

दुद्रुवुःran away

तेthey

दिशःdirections

दशten

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)

guru (the sage-teacher)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Fear can eclipse discernment: even learned brāhmaṇas, when overwhelmed by anxiety about powerful figures, may abandon steadiness and proper deliberation. The verse highlights the ethical need for composure and right judgment in tense situations.

What is happening in the narrative?

After their revered sage-teacher speaks, the assembled brāhmaṇas become extremely afraid of the Pāṇḍavas and immediately run off, dispersing in all directions, indicating sudden panic and escalation in the scene.