Shloka 10

अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal

Devanagari script

तेषामपि यथान्यायं पूजां चक्रे महातपा: । धृतराष्ट्राभ्यनुज्ञात: कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिर:,धृतराष्ट्रकी आज्ञासे महातपस्वी कुरुराज युधिष्ठिरने उन सबकी भी यथोचित पूजा की

Transliteration

teṣām api yathānyāyaṃ pūjāṃ cakre mahātapāḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭrābhyanujñātaḥ kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：大苦行者、俱卢之王由提施提罗先得持国王许可，便依礼向他们也致以相称的供敬与礼遇。

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them / to them (in sense of for them)
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• यथा-न्यायम्: according to propriety / as is proper
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न्याय

• पूजाम्: honour, worship, respectful reception
• पूजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चक्रे: did, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महातपाः: the great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्र-अभ्यनुज्ञातः: permitted/authorized by Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यनुज्ञात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरुराजः: the king of the Kurus
• कुरुराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kuru (dynasty/realm)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is expressed through propriety and humility: even a righteous king acts with restraint, honoring others in the correct manner and seeking an elder’s consent, showing that authority is guided by respect and ethical procedure.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the forest-ascetic setting of the Āśramavāsika episode, Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully honors the people present (or those to be received) and does so only after obtaining Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s approval, reflecting deference to the senior Kuru elder.