Shloka 22

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 72 — Bhīmasena’s counsel on conciliation and Duryodhana’s disposition

Devanagari script

ये तत्रासन्‌ समानीतास्ते दृष्टवा त्वामनागसम्‌ । अश्रुकण्ठा रुदन्तश्न॒ सभायामासते तदा

Transliteration

ye tatrāsan samānītās te dṛṣṭvā tvām anāgasam | aśrukaṇṭhā rudantaś ca sabhāyām āsate tadā ||

Translation

ผู้ที่ถูกนำมาที่นั่น ครั้นเห็นท่านผู้ไร้ความผิด ก็สะอื้นจนคอจุกด้วยน้ำตา ร่ำไห้แล้วนั่งอยู่ในท้องพระโรง ณ เวลานั้น

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• आसन्: were
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• समानीताः: brought together, assembled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-नी (नी)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अनागसम्: blameless, guiltless
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनागस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अश्रु-कण्ठाः: with throats choked with tears
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्रु + कण्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रुदन्तः: weeping
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Present active participle (शतृ)

• सभायाम्: in the assembly hall
• सभायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• आसते: sat
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Plural, Atmanepada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• sabhā (assembly hall)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical force of innocence (anāgasa) and the duty of moral sensitivity: witnessing injustice should awaken compassion and conscience, not indifference.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira describes how those present in the assembly, having been summoned there, saw the blameless person addressed and were so moved by the wrongness of the situation that they sat weeping, their throats tight with tears.