Shloka 24

अध्याय १५ (Āśramavāsika-parva): धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनवासानुज्ञायाचनम् — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s renewed plea for consent to forest-dwelling

Devanagari script

इति बाष्पकला वाच: कुन्ती पुत्रस्य शृण्वती | सा जगामाश्रुपूर्णाक्षी भीमस्तामिदमब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

iti bāṣpakalā vācaḥ kuntī putrasya śṛṇvatī | sā jagāmāśrupūrṇākṣī bhīmas tām idam abravīt |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：昆蒂听见儿子那被泪水打断、哽咽不清的话语，双眼盈满泪水。然而她并未停步，仍向前行去。于是毗摩塞那对她说道——

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• बाष्पकला: tearful, with tears
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाष्पकला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वाचः: words, utterances
• वाचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• कुन्ती: Kunti
• कुन्ती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्ती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (her) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शृण्वती: hearing
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अश्रुपूर्णाक्षी: she whose eyes were full of tears
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्रुपूर्णाक्षी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuntī
• Bhīmasena
• Kuntī’s son (unspecified in this verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness amid grief: even when overwhelmed by sorrow, Kuntī continues forward, suggesting resolve in following a chosen dharmic course (here, the difficult path of withdrawal/renunciation), while loved ones respond with concern and counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kuntī hears her son’s tear-choked words; her own eyes fill with tears, but she does not halt and keeps going. Seeing this, Bhīma speaks to her, setting up the next lines of dialogue.