Shloka 34

Subhadrā-vilāpaḥ — Subhadrā’s Lament for Abhimanyu

Droṇa-parva 55

Devanagari script

विलपन्तं निशम्याथ पुत्रशोकहतं नृपम्‌

Transliteration

vilapantaṁ niśamyātha putraśokahataṁ nṛpam

Translation

Hearing the king lamenting—struck down by grief for his son—Vyāsa then addressed the situation, framing the scene in the moral weight of bereavement amid the calamities of war.

Word by Word

• विलपन्तम्: lamenting, wailing
• विलपन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: विलप् (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त), कर्मणि/कर्तरि प्रयोगे विशेषणवत्

• निशम्य: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-शम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (अव्ययभाव), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पुत्रशोकहतम्: struck down by grief for (his) son
• पुत्रशोकहतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रशोकहत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नृपम्: the king
• नृपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• the king (nṛpa)