Shloka 21

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

Devanagari script

पज्चालानां कुरूणां च हता एव हि ये हता: । न चेत्‌ सर्वानयं लोक: पश्येत्‌ स्वेनैव कर्मणा,पांचालों और कौरवोंके जो वीर मारे गये, वे तो मर ही गये; नहीं तो आज यह संसार देखता कि वे सब अपने ही पुरुषार्थसे कैसी ऊँची स्थितिमें पहुँच गये हैं

Transliteration

Pañcālānāṃ Kurūṇāṃ ca hatā eva hi ye hatāḥ | na cet sarvān ayaṃ lokaḥ paśyet svenaiva karmaṇā ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Those heroes of the Pāñcālas and the Kurus who were slain are indeed gone—slain beyond recall. Otherwise, this very world would have witnessed how, by their own effort and deeds, they might have risen to a lofty state.”

Word by Word

पाञ्चालानाम्of the Panchalas

कुरूणाम्of the Kurus

चand

हताःslain (ones)

एवindeed/just

हिfor/indeed

येwho

हताःslain

नnot

चेत्if

सर्वान्all

अयम्this

लोकःworld/people

पश्येत्would see

स्वेनby (their) own

एवindeed/alone

कर्मणाby action/deed

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāñcālas

Kurus

loka (the world)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes