Shloka 19

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament for Karṇa and Renunciation-Oriented Self-Assessment (शोक-प्रलापः / त्याग-प्रवृत्तिः)

Devanagari script

यदैषामम्ब पितरौ जातकामावुभावपि । संजातधनरत्नेषु तदैव निहता नृपा:,माँ! इन राजाओंके माता-पिता जब इनके द्वारा उपार्जित धन और रत्न आदिके उपभोगकी आशा करने लगे, तभी ये मारे गये

Transliteration

yad eṣām amba pitarau jātakāmāv ubhāv api | sañjātadhana-ratneṣu tadaiva nihatā nṛpāḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Mother, when the fathers and mothers of these kings—both of them—began to hope to enjoy the wealth and jewels acquired by their sons, at that very time those kings were slain.”

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• एषाम्: of these (kings)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: any, Genitive, Plural

• अम्ब: O mother!
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बा/अम्ब
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• पितरौ: the two parents (father and mother)
• पितरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• जातकामौ: having desire arisen (eager)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जातकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• उभौ: both
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• संजातधनरत्नेषु: in (their) acquired wealth and jewels
• संजातधनरत्नेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजातधनरत्न
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

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

• निहताः: were slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• नृपाः: kings
• नृपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• amba (mother, addressed figure)
• nṛpāḥ (kings)
• pitarau (parents)
• dhana (wealth)
• ratna (jewels)