Shloka 18

शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam

Devanagari script

दृष्टवैव च पुरे राजज्जन: सर्व: स संजयम्‌ । क्लेशेन महता युक्त सर्वतो राजसत्तम

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvaiva ca pure rājan janaḥ sarvaḥ sa sañjayam | kleśena mahatā yuktaṃ sarvato rājasattama ||

Translation

قال فَيْشَمْبايَنَة: «يا أيها الملك، ما إن رأى أهلُ المدينة جميعاً سَنْجَيَة حتى أصابتهم كآبةٌ عظيمة من كل جانب—لِثِقَلِ ما كان يحمله من عبء الأسى، ولِشُؤمِ قدومه في أعقاب الحرب.»

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भावार्थ (gerundial)

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुरे: in the city
• पुरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजत्-जनः: the shining/illustrious people (the populace)
• राजत्-जनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजत्-जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वः: all (entire)
• सर्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संजयम्: Sanjaya
• संजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्लेशेन: with distress/affliction
• क्लेशेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्तः: endowed/afflicted; joined with
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वतः: on all sides; entirely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• राजसत्तम: O best of kings
• राजसत्तम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sañjaya
• the city (pura)
• the people (janaḥ)
• the King (rājan/rājasattama)