Shloka 2

Gṛdhra–Jambuka Saṃvāda (Dialogue of the Vulture and the Jackal) — On Grief, Kāla, and Resolve

Devanagari script

नाहं ते विप्रियं कान्त कदाचिदपि संस्मरे | सर्वापि विधवा नारी बहुपुत्रापि शोचते

Transliteration

nāhaṃ te vipriyaṃ kānta kadācid api saṃsmare | sarvāpi vidhavā nārī bahuputrāpi śocate

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Beloved, I do not recall ever having done anything displeasing to you. Yet every widow, even if she has many sons, still grieves.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: common, dative, singular

• विप्रियम्: unpleasant (thing)
• विप्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रिय
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कान्त: O beloved
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्त
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• कदाचित्: ever/at any time
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित्

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• संस्मरे: I remember/think of
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्मृ
• Form: present (indicative), first, singular, parasmaipada

• सर्वा: every/any (entire)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• विधवा: widow
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधवा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• बहुपुत्रा: having many sons
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-पुत्र
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• शोचते: grieves
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: present (indicative), third, singular, ātmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma