Shloka 59

अज्ञातचर्या बालानामवरोधश्व माधव । न मे क्लेशतमं तत्‌ स्यात्‌ पुत्र: सह परंतप,'परंतप माधव! मेरे बालकोंको अज्ञातभावसे रहना पड़ा है और अब राज्य न मिलनेसे उनकी जीविकाका भी अवरोध हो गया है। पुत्रोंके साथ मुझे इतना महान्‌ क्लेश नहीं प्राप्त होना चाहिये

ajñātacaryā bālānām avarodhaś ca mādhava | na me kleśatamaṃ tat syāt putraḥ saha parantapa ||

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अज्ञातचर्याunknown/disguised mode of life
अज्ञातचर्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअज्ञात-चर्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
बालानाम्of the children/sons
बालानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootबाल
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अवरोधःobstruction, hindrance
अवरोधः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअवरोध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
माधवO Mādhava (Krishna)
माधव:
TypeNoun
Rootमाधव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मेto me / of me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
क्लेशतमम्the greatest distress
क्लेशतमम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्लेशतम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्यात्would be / should be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormVidhi-linga, Optative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
पुत्रैःwith (my) sons
पुत्रैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
सहtogether with
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
परंतपO scorcher of foes (epithet)
परंतप:
TypeNoun
Rootपरंतप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
M
Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
P
Parantapa (epithet used in address)
T
the sons/children (Pāṇḍava youths implied)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the ethical weight of unjust deprivation: forcing rightful heirs into concealment and then denying them sustenance is portrayed as an extreme wrong that deepens suffering for an entire family, underscoring the dharmic responsibility of rulers to protect livelihood and justice.

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and grievances, the speaker laments that the sons had to live incognito and, with the kingdom withheld, their means of living are now obstructed—an appeal to Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) framed as a plea against unbearable collective suffering.