Shloka 10

Āśvamedhika-parva Adhyāya 1 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament by the Gaṅgā and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel

Devanagari script

शोचितव्यं मया चैव गान्धार्या च महीपते । ययो: पुत्रशतं नष्ट स्वप्नलब्धं यथा धनम्‌,'पृथ्वीनाथ! शोक तो मुझको और गान्धारीको करना चाहिये, जिनके सौ पुत्र स्वप्नमें प्राप्त हुए धनकी भाँति नष्ट हो गये

Transliteration

śocitavyaṃ mayā caiva gāndhāryā ca mahīpate | yayoḥ putraśataṃ naṣṭaṃ svapnalabdhaṃ yathā dhanam ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O king, it is for me—and for Gāndhārī as well—to grieve: for the hundred sons of hers have perished, vanishing like wealth obtained in a dream.”

Word by Word

• शोचितव्यम्: is to be lamented / should be mourned
• शोचितव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: शोच्
• Form: तव्यत्, Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Obligation/necessity (to be lamented)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

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

• एव: indeed / certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• गान्धार्या: by Gandhari
• गान्धार्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• महीपते: O king (lord of the earth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपतिः
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ययोः: of whom (of the two)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Dual

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

• नष्टम्: destroyed / lost
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: क्त, Neuter, Nominative, Singular, past passive participle

• स्वप्नलब्धम्: obtained in a dream
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वप्नलब्धम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• धनम्: wealth
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Gāndhārī
• mahīpati (the king addressed)