Shloka 9

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

स्वप्नलब्धा यथा लाभा वितथा: प्रतिबोधने । एवं ते क्षत्रिया राजन ये व्यतीता महारणे,राजन! जैसे सपनेमें मिले हुए धन जगनेपर मिथ्या हो जाते हैं, उसी प्रकार जो क्षत्रिय महासमरमें नष्ट हो गये हैं, उनका दर्शन अब दुर्लभ है

Transliteration

svapnalabdhā yathā lābhā vitathāḥ pratibodhane | evaṁ te kṣatriyā rājan ye vyatītā mahāraṇe ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “O King, just as gains obtained in a dream prove false upon waking, so too those kṣatriyas of yours who have passed away in the great battle are now beyond reach—no longer to be seen or recovered.”

Word by Word

स्वप्न-लब्धाःobtained in a dream

यथाjust as

लाभाःgains, acquisitions

वितथाःfalse, unreal

प्रतिबोधनेupon waking, at awakening

एवम्thus, in the same way

तेthose (they)

क्षत्रियाःkshatriyas, warriors

राजन्O king

येwho

व्यतीताःgone, passed away

महा-रणेin the great battle

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

King (Rājan)

Kṣatriyas

Mahāraṇa (the great battle)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes