Shloka 49

अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

स राजन्‌ मानसं दुःखमपनीय युधिषछ्िरात्‌

Transliteration

sa rājan mānasaṃ duḥkham apanīya yudhiṣṭhirāt

Translation

ویشَمپاین نے کہا—اے راجن، یُدھِشٹھِر کے دل کا رنج دور کرکے وہ پھر واقعات کے دھارے میں حسبِ دستور آگے بڑھا۔

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मानसम्: mental, of the mind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दुःखम्: sorrow, pain
• दुःखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपनीय: having removed, after removing
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + नी
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage as gerund)

• युधिष्ठिरात्: from Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is sustained not only by action but by inner steadiness; dispelling mental grief in a righteous leader is an ethical act that restores clarity, restraint, and right judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that someone (contextually, a consoling elder/guide) has alleviated Yudhiṣṭhira’s inner sorrow, preparing him to proceed with the next stage of events in the Āśramavāsika narrative.