Shloka 20

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Remorse and Vyāsa’s Teaching on Impermanence (Śoka-nivāraṇa)

Devanagari script

अभिमन्युं च यद्‌ बाल॑ं जात॑ सिंहमिवाद्रिषु

Transliteration

abhimanyuṃ ca yad bālaṃ jātaṃ siṃham ivādriṣu

Translation

“And Abhimanyu too—though still a mere boy—had been born with the spirit and prowess of a lion among the mountains.”

Word by Word

• अभिमन्युम्: Abhimanyu (as object)
• अभिमन्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• यत्: whom/which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बालम्: young, a boy
• बालम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जातम्: born, arisen
• जातम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सिंहम्: lion
• सिंहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अद्रिषु: on/in the mountains
• अद्रिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Abhimanyu