Shloka 34

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा स ततो राजा दुःखशोकसमाहत: । उपस्पृश्य महाराज दुःखाद्‌ वचनमब्रवीत्‌,महाराज! ऐसा कहकर दुःख और शोकसे पीड़ित हुए राजा बभ्रुवाहनने आचमन किया और बड़े दुःखसे इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

ity uktvā sa tato rājā duḥkhaśokasamāhataḥ | upaspṛśya mahārāja duḥkhād vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระราชาผู้ถูกความทุกข์และโศกครอบงำได้กระทำอาจมนะ (จิบน้ำตามพิธี) แล้ว โอ้มหาราช ด้วยความระทมยิ่งนักจึงเปล่งวาจานี้

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

सःhe

ततःthen/thereupon

राजाthe king

दुःखby sorrow/pain

शोकby grief

समाहतःstruck/afflicted

उपस्पृश्यhaving sipped water (ācamana), having touched water

महाराजO great king

दुःखात्from/owing to sorrow

वचनम्words/speech

अब्रवीत्said/spoke

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Babhruvāhana

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 disciplined conduct under emotional strain: even when overwhelmed by grief, a king performs a purificatory act (ācamana) before speaking, suggesting that speech and decision-making should be grounded in restraint and dharmic propriety.

What is happening in the narrative?

After saying something previously, Babhruvāhana is overcome with sorrow. He performs ācamana and then begins to speak again; Vaiśampāyana narrates this to King Janamejaya as a transition into the next statement.