Shloka 5

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 147 — Kanyā-paridevita

The daughter’s lament on lineage and protection

Devanagari script

मात्रा सह प्रदग्धव्या: पाण्डवा: पुरुषर्षभा: । इति व्यवसितं तस्य धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्मते:,दुर्बद्धि दुर्योधनकी यह चेष्टा है कि नरश्रेष्ठ पाण्डव अपनी माताके साथ जला दिये जायूँ

Transliteration

mātrā saha pradagdhavyāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ | iti vyavasitaṃ tasya dhārtarāṣṭrasya durmateḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “That evil-minded son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra had resolved: ‘Let the Pāṇḍavas—those best of men—be burned to death together with their mother.’”

Word by Word

• मात्रा: with (their) mother
• मात्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• प्रदग्धव्याः: to be burned / should be burned
• प्रदग्धव्याः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दह्
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive/obligative), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, passive obligation

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुरुषर्षभाः: bulls among men / best of men
• पुरुषर्षभाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• व्यवसितम्: decided / resolved
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + सि (व्यव + सि)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य: of the son of Dhritarashtra (Duryodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दुर्मतेः: of the evil-minded one
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• their mother (Kuntī, implied)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son (Duryodhana, implied)