Shloka 1

Duryodhana’s Post-Duel Lament and Instructions (भग्नसक्थस्य विलापः)

Devanagari script

त्रेषष्टितमो<् ध्याय: युधिष्ठिरकी प्रेरणासे श्रीकृष्णका हस्तिनापुरमें जाकर धृतराष्ट्र और गान्धारीको आश्वासन दे पुनः पाण्डवोंके पास लौट आना जनमेजय उवाच किमर्थ द्विजशार्दूल धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिर: । गान्धार्या: प्रेषयामास वासुदेव॑ परंतपम्‌,जनमेजयने पूछा-<द्विजश्रेष्ठ! धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने शत्रुसंतापी भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णको गान्धारी देवीके पास किसलिये भेजा?

Transliteration

Janamejaya uvāca: kimarthaṃ dvijaśārdūla dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | gāndhāryāḥ preṣayāmāsa vāsudevaṃ parantapam ||

Translation

Janamejaya said: “For what purpose, O tiger among the twice-born, did Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira send Vāsudeva—scorcher of foes—to Queen Gāndhārī?”

Word by Word

• जनमेजयः: Janamejaya
• जनमेजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• किमर्थम्: for what purpose/why
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्-अर्थ

• द्विजशार्दूल: O tiger among the twice-born (best Brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-शार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्मराजः: Dharma-king (Yudhishthira)
• धर्मराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गान्धार्याः: of Gandhari
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रेषयामास: sent/dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वासुदेवम्: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परंतपम्: foe-scorching
• परंतपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Gāndhārī