Shloka 533

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

उपवासपरिश्रान्तो यदा त्वमपि कर्शित: । “आप भी तो जराजीर्ण

Transliteration

upavāsa-pariśrānto yadā tvam api karśitaḥ |

Translation

那俱罗说道：“当你也因断食而疲惫不堪、形体消瘦之时，便可见你已年迈衰弱，受饥饿所逼，极度虚乏。因此，你如何忍受饥饿之苦，我亦将同样忍受。”

Word by Word

• उपवासपरिश्रान्तः: wearied by fasting
• उपवासपरिश्रान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवास-परिश्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यदा: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कर्शितः: emaciated, weakened
• कर्शितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्शित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights titikṣā (patient endurance) and shared discipline: one should bear hardship with steadiness, and ethical resolve is strengthened when austerity is undertaken with empathy and solidarity rather than pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula addresses another person who is visibly weakened by fasting and hunger, pointing out their frailty and fatigue; he then declares that he too will endure the same hunger, presenting the act as a mutual commitment to austerity.