Shloka 283

Devanagari script

प्राडमुख: सह गान्धार्या कुन्त्या चोपाविशत्‌ तदा । संजयसे ऐसा कहकर राजा धृतराष्ट्रने मनको एकाग्र किया और गान्धारी तथा कुन्तीके साथ वे पूर्वांभिमुख होकर बैठ गये

Transliteration

prāḍmukhaḥ saha gāndhāryā kuntyā copāviśat tadā |

Translation

نارد نے کہا— تب راجہ دھرتراشٹر نے سنجے سے یہ کہہ کر اپنے من کو یکسو کیا اور گاندھاری اور کنتی کے ساتھ مشرق رُخ بیٹھ گئے۔

Word by Word

• प्राङ्मुखः: facing east
• प्राङ्मुखः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राङ्मुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• गान्धार्या: with Gandhari
• गान्धार्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• कुन्त्या: with Kunti
• कुन्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्ती
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उपाविशत्: sat down
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Gāndhārī
• Kuntī
• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights āśrama-dharma in practice: even amid grief and aftermath, one should cultivate mental steadiness and adopt disciplined, auspicious conduct—here symbolized by sitting together, facing east, with a collected mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

After speaking to Sañjaya, Dhṛtarāṣṭra concentrates his mind and sits down facing east along with Gāndhārī and Kuntī, marking a composed, ritual-tinged moment of preparation and resolve in their forest-dwelling phase.