Shloka 29

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

Devanagari script

कुशलं राजशार्दूल कच्चित्‌ ते कुरुनन्दन । अरण्यवासादू दिष्ट्यासि विमुक्तो जयतां वर,“नृपतिश्रेष्ठ कुरुनन्दन! तुम कुशलसे तो हो न? विजयी वीरोंमें श्रेष्ठ नरेश! यह बड़े सौभाग्यकी बात है कि तुम वनवासके कष्टसे छुटकारा पा गये

Transliteration

kuśalaṁ rājaśārdūla kaccit te kurunandana | araṇyavāsād diṣṭyāsi vimukto jayatāṁ vara ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “โอ้พยัคฆ์แห่งราชา โอ้ความปีติแห่งวงศ์กุรุ—ท่านสบายดีหรือ? นับเป็นมหามงคลที่ท่านพ้นจากความลำบากแห่งการพำนักในพงไพร โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่นักรบผู้มีชัย”

Word by Word

कुशलम्well-being, welfare

राजशार्दूलO tiger among kings

कच्चित्whether indeed?, I hope (that...)

तेof you, your

कुरुनन्दनO joy of the Kurus

अरण्यवासात्from forest-dwelling (exile in the forest)

उindeed, surely (emphatic particle)

दिष्ट्याby good fortune, luckily

असिyou are

विमुक्तःreleased, freed

जयताम्of the victorious (ones)

वरO best, O excellent one

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kuru dynasty (Kuru)

addressed king/hero (implied, not named in the verse)

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 models dharmic speech in political and familial contexts: one first asks after another’s welfare (kuśalam) and acknowledges relief from suffering with gratitude (diṣṭyā). It frames kingship not merely as power but as responsibility tempered by courtesy, empathy, and recognition of fortune.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating the epic, reports a respectful address to a Kuru prince/king: the speaker inquires about his well-being and notes—‘by good fortune’—that he has been freed from the hardships of forest exile, marking a transition from exile back into the arena of royal affairs.