Shloka 31

अश्रमवासिनां विषादः — Lament in Hastināpura after the Elders’ Forest Withdrawal

Devanagari script

दूयते मे मनो5भीक्ष्णं घातयित्वा महाबलम्‌

Transliteration

dūyate me mano 'bhīkṣṇaṃ ghātayitvā mahābalam

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Immer wieder wird mein Geist von Kummer gequält, denn ich habe bewirkt, dass der Mächtige erschlagen wurde.“

Word by Word

• दूयते: is pained, suffers
• दूयते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दूय् (दूयते)
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Kartari, Prathama, Eka

• मे: of me, my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Shashthi, Eka

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathama, Eka

• अभीक्ष्णम्: again and again, repeatedly
• अभीक्ष्णम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभीक्ष्ण
• Form: true

• घातयित्वा: having caused to be slain / having killed
• घातयित्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: घातय् (णिच् of हन्)
• Form: Absolutive (Tumun/Lyap), Causative, Prior action

• महाबलम्: the very strong (one)
• महाबलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Pumsa, Dvitiya, Eka

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mahābala (an unnamed mighty person)