Shloka 43
शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam
Devanagari script
कृच्छेण तु ततो राजा धृतराष्ट्री महीपति:
Transliteration
kṛcchreṇa tu tato rājā dhṛtarāṣṭrī mahīpatiḥ
Translation
随后，国王——大地之主持国（Dhṛtarāṣṭra）——费尽艰难，才勉力继续前行/开口说话，显出战争及其后果所加之重担。
Word by Word
कृच्छेणwith difficulty
कृच्छेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकृच्छ्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धृतराष्ट्रीDhṛtarāṣṭra
धृतराष्ट्री:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधृतराष्ट्रिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महीपतिःlord of the earth (king)
महीपतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहीपति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DhṛtarāṣṭraV
VaiśampāyanaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line underscores how the burdens of adharma and war manifest as inner strain: even a powerful ruler is brought to act or speak only 'with difficulty,' suggesting the moral and emotional weight of consequences.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the Kuru king, is in a state of hardship and can proceed only with difficulty—setting a tone of distress as the events of the Shalya Parva unfold.