Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अतः इस विषयमें जो अच्छे उपाय हों, जिनसे श्रीकृष्णको इन बातोंका पता न लगे और मेरे इस मन्तव्यमें कोई विघ्न न पड़ सके, उन्हें आप मुझे बताइये ।। वैशम्पायन उवाच तस्य तद्‌ वचन श्रुत्वा घोरं कृष्णाभिसंहितम्‌ । धृतराष्ट्र: सहामात्यो व्यथितो विमनाभवत्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! श्रीकृष्णसे छल करनेके विषयमें दुर्योधनकी वह भयंकर बात सुनकर धुृतराष्ट्र अपने मन्त्रियोंक साथ बहुत दुःखी और उदास हो गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā ghoraṃ kṛṣṇābhisaṃhitam | dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ sahāmātyo vyathito vimanābhavat ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا: دُریودھن کی وہ ہولناک بات—جو کرشن کو فریب دینے کے ارادے سے کہی گئی تھی—سن کر دھرتراشٹر اپنے وزیروں سمیت بے چین ہو اٹھا اور دل گرفتہ ہو گیا۔

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

तस्यof him / his

तत्that

वचनम्speech, statement

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

घोरम्terrible

कृष्णाभिसंहितम्aimed at Kṛṣṇa / plotted against Kṛṣṇa

धृतराष्ट्रःDhṛtarāṣṭra

सहtogether with

अमात्यःwith (his) minister(s)

व्यथितःdistressed, pained

विमनःdejected, downcast

अभवत्became, was

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Amātyas (ministers/counsellors)

Duryodhana (implied by 'tasya' and context)

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?

Schemes rooted in deceit—especially against a righteous messenger like Kṛṣṇa—carry an inherent moral dread (ghoratā) and destabilize the mind. Even when outward power supports wrongdoing, conscience and fear of adharma can surface as inner agitation and dejection.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Duryodhana’s frightening proposal concerning Kṛṣṇa (a plot to trick or harm him), the narrator reports Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s reaction: he and his ministers are shaken and become despondent, indicating anxiety about the consequences of such a plan.