Shloka 34

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

Devanagari script

न शान्तिमधिगच्छामि दुःखशोकसमाहत: । इति मे चिन्तयानस्य पित: शान्तिर्न विद्यते

Transliteration

na śāntim adhigacchāmi duḥkhaśokasamāhataḥ | iti me cintayānasya pitaḥ śāntir na vidyate ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：“为忧愁与悲痛所摧折，我不得安宁。只要我在心中反复思量这些事，父亲啊，我便寻不着一丝平和。”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शान्तिम्: peace
• शान्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अधिगच्छामि: I attain / obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-गम्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुःख-शोक-समाहतः: struck/afflicted by sorrow and grief
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहत (सम्-आ-हन्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• चिन्तयानस्य: of me who is thinking/worrying
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्तयत् (चिन्तय्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पितः: O father
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शान्तिः: peace
• शान्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• विद्यते: exists / is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• pita (father, addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unprocessed grief and obsessive recollection of painful events obstruct inner peace; the verse highlights the ethical-psychological need for steadiness of mind and a dharmic way of working through sorrow rather than being consumed by it.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker reports a state of intense mental suffering: overwhelmed by duḥkha and śoka, he cannot find śānti, and confesses to his father that constant brooding over these thoughts prevents any calm.