Shloka 19

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Śrāddha Request and Bhīma’s Objection (Āśramavāsika-parva, Adhyāya 17)

Devanagari script

विदुर: संजयश्चैव राज्ञ: शय्यां कुशैस्ततः

Transliteration

viduraḥ saṃjayaś caiva rājñaḥ śayyāṃ kuśais tataḥ

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า— แล้ววิดูระกับสัญชัยได้จัดที่บรรทมของพระราชา โดยปูด้วยหญ้ากุศะ

Word by Word

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शय्याम्: bed/couch
• शय्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कुशैः: with kuśa-grass
• कुशैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vidura
• Saṃjaya
• the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• śayyā (bed)
• kuśa grass

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even those once surrounded by royal comfort must accept simplicity and restraint when following dharma in later life; service rendered with humility—such as preparing a simple kuśa-grass bed—supports renunciation and steadiness of mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the Kurus withdraw to the forest, Vidura and Saṃjaya attend upon the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) by arranging his resting place using kuśa grass, indicating the shift from palace luxury to austere āśrama living.