Shloka 3

Gāndhārī’s Petition for a Vision of the Departed (गान्धार्याः प्रार्थना—दिव्यदर्शनप्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

यस्य पुत्रशतं श्रीमदभवद्‌ बाहुशालिन: । नागायुतबलो राजा स दग्धो हि दवाग्निना

Transliteration

yasya putraśataṁ śrīmad abhavad bāhuśālinaḥ | nāgāyutabalō rājā sa dagdho hi davāgninā ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “That king—glorious, strong-armed, and possessed of the strength of ten thousand elephants—who had a splendid hundred sons, was nevertheless burned to death by a forest conflagration. Thus even the mightiest and most prosperous are not beyond the reach of fate; one should therefore restrain pride and cling to dharma with humility.”

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रशतम्: a hundred sons
• पुत्रशतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीमत्: splendid, illustrious
• श्रीमत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was, came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• बाहुशालिनः: of the strong-armed one
• बाहुशालिनः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाहुशालिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नागायुतबलः: having the strength of ten thousand elephants
• नागायुतबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाग-अयुत-बल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दग्धः: burnt
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• दवाग्निना: by the forest-fire
• दवाग्निना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दव-अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• a king (unnamed in this verse)
• forest fire (davāgni)