Shloka 36

Devanagari script

एवं बहुविधा वाच: कृपणा वेदनावताम्‌ । तस्मिन्‌ देशे स शुभ्राव समन्ताद्‌ वदतां नृप

Transliteration

evaṁ bahuvidhā vācaḥ kṛpaṇā vedanāvatām | tasmin deśe sa śubhrāva samantād vadatāṁ nṛpa ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：“于是，在那片地域中，噢，国王，他从四面八方听见种种凄惨的哀号——皆是受苦众生的言语，满载痛楚。”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• बहु-विधाः: of many kinds
• बहु-विधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वाचः: speeches, voices, words
• वाचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कृपणाः: wretched, pitiable
• कृपणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपण
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वेदनावताम्: of those who are in pain/suffering
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदनावत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• देशे: place, region
• देशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुभ्राव: heard (clearly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्र
• Form: Luṅ (Aorist), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• समन्तात्: from all sides, all around
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात्

• वदताम्: of those speaking
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नर-ईश्वर: O lord of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• nṛpa (the king addressed—Janamejaya, by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical reality of suffering as a consequence within the moral order (dharma/karma): the world beyond is not merely glorious but also filled with the voices of the afflicted, inviting compassion and sober reflection on actions and their results.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Svargārohaṇa, as the journey progresses, the listener is told that the protagonist hears, from all directions in that region, many kinds of miserable cries—pain-filled utterances of distressed beings—signaling entry into a realm marked by torment and lamentation.