Shloka 24

Devanagari script

विशेषतस्तु पश्यामि वर्षे पज्चदशेउद्य वै

Transliteration

viśeṣatas tu paśyāmi varṣe pañcadaśe ’dya vai

Translation

持国王说道：“然而我看得格外分明——确实，就在今日，在这第十五年里。”

Word by Word

• विशेषतः: especially, particularly
• विशेषतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृश्-अर्थे)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुषः? (actually उत्तमपुरुषः), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• वर्षे: in the year
• वर्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• पञ्चदशे: in the fifteenth (year)
• पञ्चदशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदश
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी, एकवचनम् (वर्षे इति विशेषणम्)

• उद्य: today / now (contextual)
• उद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्य
• Form: Avyaya (temporal adverb)

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights reflective discernment: with the passage of time, one gains sharper perception of one’s situation and its moral consequences, a recurring ethical motif in the Āśramavāsika context of withdrawal and reckoning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks in the Āśramavāsika setting, marking the present moment as the fifteenth year and emphasizing that he now perceives something ‘especially clearly,’ signaling a turning point in understanding amid the post-war life of retirement and austerity.