Shloka 4

Devanagari script

न शोच्य: पाण्डुरनघ: प्रशस्य: स नराधिप: । यस्य पजञ्च सुता वीरा जाता: सुरसुतोपमा:,निष्पाप राजा पाण्डु शोचनीय नहीं, प्रशंसनीय हैं, जिन्हें देवकुमारोंके समान पाँच वीर पुत्र प्राप्त हुए हैं

Transliteration

na śocyaḥ pāṇḍur anaghaḥ praśasyaḥ sa narādhipaḥ | yasya pañca sutā vīrā jātāḥ surasutopamāḥ ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra nói: “Vua Pāṇḍu, người không vướng tội lỗi, không phải kẻ đáng để than khóc; trái lại, bậc chúa tể ấy đáng được ca ngợi—người đã sinh ra năm người con trai anh hùng, sánh như con của chư thiên.”

Word by Word

नnot

शोच्यःto be lamented

पाण्डुःPāṇḍu

अनघःsinless, faultless

प्रशस्यःpraiseworthy

सःhe

नराधिपःking (lord of men)

यस्यwhose

पञ्चfive

सुताःsons

वीराःheroic

जाताःwere born / arose

सुरसुतोपमाःlike the sons of the gods

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Pāṇḍu

the five sons of Pāṇḍu (Pāṇḍavas, implied)

surasutāḥ (sons of the gods, as a comparison)

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 reframes grief through ethical appraisal: a blameless king who leaves behind heroic, dharma-aligned progeny is considered praiseworthy rather than merely an object of mourning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra comments on Pāṇḍu’s fate, asserting that Pāṇḍu should not be lamented because he was sinless and has obtained five valiant sons, likened to divine offspring.