Shloka 25

Vasiṣṭhāpavāha: Sarasvatī’s Diversion and Viśvāmitra’s Curse (वसिष्ठापवाहः)

Devanagari script

तं तथा विलपन्तं तु शोकोपहतचेतसम्‌ | दृष्टवा तस्य कृपा जज्ञे राष्ट्र तस्थ व्यमोचयत्‌

Transliteration

taṃ tathā vilapantaṃ tu śokopahatacetasaṃ | dṛṣṭvā tasya kṛpā jajñe rāṣṭraṃ tasthau vyamocayat | rājā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ ||

Translation

اسے یوں فریاد کرتے، غم سے مغلوب دل کے ساتھ دیکھ کر اس کے دل میں رحم جاگا، اور اس نے اس کی سلطنت کو مصیبت سے نجات دے دی۔

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• विलपन्तम्: lamenting
• विलपन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: विलप्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शोक-उपहत-चेतसम्: whose mind was struck/overpowered by grief
• शोक-उपहत-चेतसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चेतस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage)

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कृपा: compassion
• कृपा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• जज्ञे: arose, was born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• राष्ट्रम्: kingdom, realm
• राष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तस्थौ: stood, remained
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• व्यमोचयत्: released, freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, वि,आ (as व्य- from वि + अ/आ- augment in past formation)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• rāṣṭra (the kingdom/realm)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the devastation of war, a ruler’s dharma includes responding to suffering with compassion; pity is not merely emotion but should translate into protective action that relieves the realm and its people from further harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that, upon seeing a person (contextually, one grieving intensely) lamenting with a mind crushed by sorrow, King Dhṛtarāṣṭra is moved to compassion and takes steps that ‘free the kingdom’—i.e., he grants relief from a pressing danger or crisis affecting the state.