Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ततः प्रव्यथिताड्रोडसौ पुत्रशोकसमन्वितः । निवारितं नृपं दृष्टवा देवापि: संश्रितो वनम्‌,“इससे राजाको बड़ा कष्ट हुआ। वे पुत्रके लिये शोकमग्न हो गये। राजाको रोका गया देखकर देवापि वनमें चले गये

Transliteration

tataḥ pravyathitā droḍasau putraśokasamanvitaḥ | nivāritaṁ nṛpaṁ dṛṣṭvā devāpiḥ saṁśrito vanam ||

Translation

于是国王心神震荡，因丧子之痛而悲恸难当，沉入苦楚之中。德瓦毗见国王被拦阻而折返，便退身而去，遁入林野，以林中为依止。

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• प्रव्यथितः: deeply distressed
• प्रव्यथितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + व्यथ्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• द्रोडसौ: in (his) heart/breast
• द्रोडसौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोडस्
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पुत्रशोकसमन्वितः: endowed with grief for (his) son
• पुत्रशोकसमन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र-शोक-समन्वित
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• निवारितम्: restrained/held back
• निवारितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + वृत् (caus./pass.)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular (past passive participle)

• नृपम्: the king
• नृपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable

• देवापिः: Devāpi
• देवापिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवापि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular (proper noun)

• संश्रितः: resorted to/took refuge in
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + श्रि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular (past active participle used as finite sense)

• वनम्: the forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• the king (nṛpa)
• Devāpi
• forest (vana)
• son (putra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Uncontrolled grief and impulsive royal action can be checked by restraint; when worldly aims become entangled with suffering and conflict, a dharmic response may be withdrawal and seeking peace through renunciation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The king is devastated by sorrow for his son and is prevented from acting further. Observing this, Devāpi leaves the scene and goes to the forest, indicating a turn away from courtly struggle toward ascetic refuge.