Shloka 216

Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)

Devanagari script

असमर्थो5पसरणे सुकृशे मातरौ च ते । राजन्‌! सारा वन आगसे घिर गया और उन लोगोंपर बड़ा भारी संकट आ गया। उपवास करनेसे प्राणशक्ति क्षीण हो जानेके कारण राजा धृतराष्ट्र वहाँसे भागनेमें असमर्थ थे, तुम्हारी दोनों माताएँ भी अत्यन्त दुर्बल हो गयी थीं; अतः वे भी भागनेमें असमर्थ थीं

Transliteration

asamartho 'pasaraṇe sukṛśe mātarau ca te | rājan |

Translation

Nārada said: “O King, he was unable to flee; and your two mothers too, being extremely emaciated, could not withdraw. Their strength had been drained by fasting, and when a grave calamity arose in the forest, they were left without the power to escape.”

Word by Word

• असमर्थः: unable, incapable
• असमर्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असमर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपसरणे: in retreat/escape (in withdrawing)
• अपसरणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपसरण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सुकृशे: very emaciated/very weak (two)
• सुकृशे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकृश
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• मातरौ: two mothers
• मातरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

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

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• the two mothers of the addressee (Kuntī and Gāndhārī)
• forest (vana)