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Shloka 10

स्त्रीपर्व — अध्याय १५: गान्धारी-युधिष्ठिर-संवादः

Gandhārī’s Confrontation and Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira

वैरमुद्दीपितं राज्ञि पुत्रेण तव तन्‍्महत्‌ । क्लेशिताश्न वने नित्यं तत एतत्‌ कृतं मया,“रानी! आपके पुत्रने उस महान्‌ वैरकी आगको और भी प्रज्वलित कर दिया और हमें वनमें भेजकर सदा क्लेश पहुँचाया; इसीलिये हमने उसके साथ ऐसा व्यवहार किया है

vairam uddīpitaṁ rājñi putreṇa tava tan mahat | kleśitāś ca vane nityaṁ tata etat kṛtaṁ mayā ||

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Tâu Hoàng hậu, con trai của người đã thổi bùng mối thù lớn ấy thành ngọn lửa rực cháy; lại còn đày chúng ta vào rừng, khiến chúng ta chịu khổ triền miên. Vì thế ta mới hành xử như vậy.”

वैरम्enmity, hostility
वैरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवैर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उद्दीपितम्kindled, inflamed
उद्दीपितम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-दीप्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
राज्ञिO queen
राज्ञि:
TypeNoun
Rootराज्ञी
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
पुत्रेणby (your) son
पुत्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तवof you, your
तव:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
महत्great
महत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
क्लेशिताःafflicted, tormented
क्लेशिताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootक्लेशय्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
स्मindeed (past marker)
स्म:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म
Formpast-tense particle with finite verb
वनेin the forest
वने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
नित्यम्always, constantly
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
Formadverb
ततःtherefore, from that
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
Formablatival adverb
एतत्this (act/thing)
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कृतम्done, made
कृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
R
rājñī (the queen)
T
tava putra (the queen’s son)
V
vana (forest)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights moral causality: when leaders inflame hostility and impose unjust suffering (such as exile), they generate consequences that return upon them. It frames retaliation as arising from prior wrongdoing, inviting reflection on responsibility and restraint in power.

The speaker addresses a queen and explains that her son intensified a longstanding feud and caused continual hardship by sending the speaker’s side to live in the forest; hence, the speaker justifies a subsequent action taken against him as a response to those provocations.