Shloka 7

Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

चतुर्णामेव पापानामस्त्र न पतितं तदा । त्वयि भारत निष्क्रान्ते वनायाजिनवाससि,भारत! जब आप वल्कल-वस्त्र धारण करके वनमें जानेके लिये निकले, उस समय केवल चार ही पापात्माओंके नेत्रोंसे आँसू नहीं गिरा था

Transliteration

caturṇām eva pāpānām aśru na patitaṃ tadā | tvayi bhārata niṣkrānte vanāyājinavāsasi ||

Translation

โอ้ภารตะ! เมื่อพระองค์เสด็จออกไปสู่ป่า ทรงนุ่งห่มผ้าจากเปลือกไม้ดุจนักบวช ครั้งนั้นมีเพียงคนบาปสี่คนเท่านั้นที่น้ำตาไม่หลั่ง; ส่วนผู้อื่นล้วนสะเทือนใจด้วยโศกและเมตตา

Word by Word

चतुर्णाम्of four

एवonly/indeed

पापानाम्of sinners/evil ones

अश्रुa tear/tears

नnot

पतितम्fell/was shed

तदाthen/at that time

त्वयिin you/when you (were)

भारतO Bharata

निष्क्रान्तेwhen (you) had set out/departed

वनायfor the forest / to the forest

अजिनवाससिin (one) wearing a deer-skin garment

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhārata (addressed person, traditionally Yudhiṣṭhira)

forest (vana)

ascetic garments (ajina / bark-garments)

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 contrasts universal human compassion with the emotional barrenness of the wicked: when a righteous person suffers unjustly, most hearts respond with sorrow, but those aligned with adharma remain unmoved—showing that cruelty and moral blindness are themselves signs of sin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana recalls the moment the addressed Bhārata (commonly understood as Yudhiṣṭhira) departed for forest-exile in ascetic attire. The scene is presented as so poignant that nearly everyone wept; only four ‘pāpātmā’ did not shed tears.