Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्छिरं दीनं चिन्तापरमधोमुखम्‌ । शोकोपहतसंकल्पं वासुदेवोडब्रवीदिदम्‌,उस समय युधिष्छिर बहुत दुःखी थे। वे नीचे मुख किये चिन्तामें डूब गये थे। शोकसे उनका मनोरथ भंग हो गया था। उस अवस्थामें उनसे भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण बोले

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dīnaṃ cintāparam adhomukham | śokopahata-saṅkalpaṃ vāsudevo 'bravīd idam ||

Translation

تب واسودیو (شری کرشن) نے یُدھِشٹھِر سے یہ کہا—جو نہایت دل گرفتہ، سر جھکائے فکر میں ڈوبا ہوا تھا اور غم نے جس کا عزم توڑ دیا تھا۔

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhishthira (as object)

दीनम्dejected, miserable

चिन्ता-परम्absorbed in anxiety

अधो-मुखम्with face downcast

शोक-उपहत-संकल्पम्whose resolve was struck down by grief

वासुदेवःVasudeva (Krishna)

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

इदम्this (speech/words)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a moral-psychological moment: grief can break even a righteous person’s resolve, and therefore wise counsel is needed to restore steadiness and guide action in accordance with dharma—especially in the aftermath of violence and loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira is overwhelmed by sorrow, sitting downcast and anxious. Seeing him in this state, Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva) begins to speak—introducing a consoling and instructive discourse that follows.