Shloka 47

Devanagari script

विराटभवने यश्न क्लेशोडस्माकं पृथग्विध: । शकुनेर्धार्तराष्ट्रस्य राधेयस्य च मन्त्रिते

Transliteration

virāṭa-bhavane yaśna kleśo 'smākaṃ pṛthag-vidhaḥ | śakuner dhārtarāṣṭrasya rādhēyasya ca mantrite ||

Translation

แม้ในพระราชวังของวิราฏะ ความทุกข์ของเราก็เกิดขึ้นหลากหลายประการ—อันมีรากจากคำปรึกษาและแผนคดของศกุนิ บุตรแห่งธฤตราษฏระ และราธेय (กรรณะ)

Word by Word

विराटभवनेin the house/palace of Virāṭa

यज्ञेin the sacrifice/ritual

क्लेशःdistress, trouble

अस्माकम्of us/our

पृथग्विधःof various kinds, manifold

शकुनेःof Śakuni

धार्तराष्ट्रस्यof Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s (son) / of the Dhārtarāṣṭra

राधेयस्यof Rādheya (Karna)

चand

मन्त्रितेin the counsel/consultation; when counsel was held

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Virāṭa (Virāṭa-bhavana)

Śakuni

Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana)

Rādheya (Karna)

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 how collective suffering can arise from misguided counsel and manipulative strategy: when leaders rely on deceitful advisers and self-serving plans, the resulting ‘kleśa’ multiplies in many forms and spreads to the whole side.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, in connection with events at Virāṭa’s palace, the Kauravas faced manifold difficulties—linked to the counsels and schemes associated with Śakuni, Duryodhana (the Dhārtarāṣṭra), and Karna.