Shloka 18

Strī-parva Adhyāya 22 — Gāndhārī’s Battlefield Lament for the Fallen (Āvantya, Bāhlika, Jayadratha, and Duḥśalā)

Devanagari script

त॑ मत्तमिव मातजुूं वीरं॑ परमदुर्जयम्‌ । परिवार्य रुदन्त्येताः स्त्रियश्षुन्द्रोपमानना:

Transliteration

taṁ mattam iva mātajuṁ vīraṁ paramadurjayam | parivārya rudanty etāḥ striyaḥ śūndropamānanāḥ ||

Translation

উন্মত্ত হাতির মতো সেই পরমদুর্জয় বীরকে ঘিরে, দুঃখে বিকৃত মুখমণ্ডল নিয়ে সেই নারীরা চারদিকে উচ্চস্বরে কাঁদতে লাগল।

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (man)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मत्तम्: intoxicated, maddened
• मत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मातङ्गम्: elephant
• मातङ्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीरम्: hero, warrior
• वीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परम-दुर्जयम्: supremely hard to conquer
• परम-दुर्जयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमदुर्जय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परिवार्य: having surrounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृ (वृञ् वरणे/वृत्तौ)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada (non-finite)

• रुदन्ति: they weep
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• एताः: these (women)
• एताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• शूद्र-उपमान-आननाः: having faces comparable to a śūdra (low-born)
• शूद्र-उपमान-आननाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूद्रोपमानानन
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• women (bereaved)