Shloka 82

Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ

Devanagari script

स्त्रिया: पत्या विहीनाया राज्ञा ग्रस्तस्य चैव यत्‌ । अपुत्रायाश्व यद्‌ दुःखं व्याप्राप्रातस्य चैव यत्‌

Transliteration

striyāḥ patyā vihīnāyā rājñā grastasya caiva yat | aputrāyāś ca yad duḥkhaṃ vyāprāprātasya caiva yat ||

Translation

Kāśyapa said: “Consider the sorrow of a woman bereft of her husband; the distress of a king overwhelmed and brought under another’s power; the grief of a woman without a son; and the suffering of one who strives yet fails to attain his aim.”

Word by Word

स्त्रियाःof a woman

पत्याby/with a husband

विहीनायाःdeprived (of)

राज्ञाby a king

ग्रस्तस्यof one who is seized/overpowered

चand

एवindeed/just

यत्that which

अपुत्रायाःof a sonless (woman)

चand

यत्that which

दुःखम्sorrow, suffering

व्याप्राप्रातस्यof one who is distressed/afflicted (reading uncertain)

चand

एवindeed/just

यत्that which

Speaker

कश्यप उवाच

Characters & Entities

क

कश्यप (Kāśyapa)

स

स्त्री (woman)

र

राजा (king)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes