Shloka 233

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

Devanagari script

आसीन एवमेवेदं शोषयिष्ये कलेवरम्‌ । अतः मैं पापी, अपराधी तथा सम्पूर्ण भूमण्डलका विनाश करनेवाला हूँ; इसलिये यहीं इसी रूपमें बैठा हुआ अपने इस शरीरको सुखा डालूँगा

Transliteration

āsīna evam evedaṃ śoṣayiṣye kalevaram | ataḥ mayā pāpī aparādhī tathā sampūrṇa-bhūmaṇḍala-vināśa-kartā asmi; tasmād ihaiva īdṛśa-rūpeṇa āsīnaḥ svaṃ śarīraṃ śoṣayiṣye |

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Seated just as I am, I will waste away this body. For I am a sinner, a transgressor, and one who has brought ruin upon the whole earth; therefore, here and in this very posture, I shall dry up this body of mine.”

Word by Word

• आसीनः: seated
• आसीनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसीन (√आस्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शोषयिष्ये: I shall dry up
• शोषयिष्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुष्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Ātmanepada

• कलेवरम्: body
• कलेवरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• kalevara (body)
• bhūmaṇḍala (the earth)