Shloka 55

Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ

Devanagari script

यदा तु वाससां राशि: सभामध्ये समाचित: । ततो दुःशासन: श्रान्तो ब्रीडित: समुपाविशत्‌,जब सभामें वस्त्रोंका ढेर लग गया, तब दुःशासन थककर लज्जित हो चुपचाप बैठ गया

Transliteration

yadā tu vāsasāṃ rāśiḥ sabhāmadhye samācitaḥ | tato duḥśāsanaḥ śrānto vrīḍitaḥ samupāviśat ||

Translation

When a heap of garments had accumulated in the midst of the royal assembly, Duḥśāsana—exhausted and overcome with shame—fell silent and sat down. The scene underscores how public wrongdoing, pursued with obstinacy, ends not in triumph but in visible moral collapse before the very court that witnessed the outrage.

Word by Word

यदाwhen

तुbut/indeed

वाससाम्of garments/clothes

राशिःa heap/pile

सभाin the assembly hall

मध्येin the middle

समाचितःheaped up/accumulated

ततःthen/thereupon

दुःशासनःDuhshasana

श्रान्तःtired/exhausted

ब्रीडितःashamed/embarrassed

समुपाविशत्sat down

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duḥśāsana

sabhā (assembly hall)

vāsas (garments/cloth)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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Sandhi Notes