Shloka 62

Kailāsa-darśana, Badarī-vāsa, and Sarasvatī–Dvaitavana Transition (कैलासदर्शन–बदरीवास–सरस्वतीद्वैतवनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

विनदन्त्यः स्त्रिय: सर्वा निष्पेतुर्नगराद्‌ बहि: प्रकीर्णकेश्यो व्यथिता: कुरर्य इव दुखिता:,उस आकाशवर्ती नगरका विध्वंस और दानवोंका संहार हो जानेपर वहाँकी सारी स्त्रियाँ विलाप करती हुई नगरसे बाहर निकल आयीं। उनके केश बिखरे हुए थे। वे दुःख और व्यथामें डूबी हुई कुररीकी भाँति करुण-क्रन्दन करती थीं

Transliteration

vinadantyaḥ striyaḥ sarvā niṣpetur nagarād bahiḥ | prakīrṇakeśyo vyathitāḥ kurarya iva duḥkhitāḥ ||

Translation

หญิงทั้งปวงส่งเสียงร่ำไห้แล้วพากันพุ่งออกไปนอกนคร ผมเผ้ากระจัดกระจาย สะท้านด้วยความระทม ร้องคร่ำครวญด้วยความทุกข์ ดุจนกกุรรีที่ครวญหา

Word by Word

विनदन्त्यःwailing, crying aloud

स्त्रियःwomen

सर्वाःall

निष्पेतुःwent out, rushed out

नगरात्from the city

बहिःoutside

प्रकीर्णकेश्यःwith dishevelled hair

व्यथिताःdistressed, afflicted

कुरर्यःospreys (kinds of birds)

इवlike, as if

दुःखिताःsorrowful

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

striyaḥ (women of the city)

nagara (city)

dānava (demons, implied by the accompanying narrative gloss)

kurarī (bird used as a simile)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the human cost of conflict: even when hostile forces are destroyed, the aftermath is marked by grief among the vulnerable. It implicitly urges ethical reflection—victory and destruction do not erase suffering, and compassion is required in the wake of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Following the ruin of the city and the slaying of the demons (as indicated by the contextual gloss), the city’s women pour out of the gates, crying loudly. Their dishevelled appearance and the kurarī-bird simile emphasize intense, helpless mourning.